If Martin Luther King, Jr. Were Alive Today, He Would Call For A New 9/11 Investigation

The Excavator
March 3, 2011

"There comes a time when silence becomes betrayal,” said Martin Luther King Jr in speech, “Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam.” The speech is a revelation of the moral power of truth. If Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today he would not hesitate in supporting a new investigation into the 9/11 attacks, which spawned the two evil wars in the Middle East.


King was the greatest kind of shepherd that a nation can be blessed with during a time of political and spiritual upheaval. He was an unwavering beacon of light. He was a moral giant in his own day, and he would be a moral giant if he were alive today.

His speech on Vietnam has stood the test of time. Nobody else spoke as eloquently for peace as he did, and with as much force and clear-sightedness. He said:

Now, let me make it clear in the beginning, that I see this war as an unjust, evil, and futile war. I preach to you today on the war in Vietnam because my conscience leaves me with no other choice. The time has come for America to hear the truth about this tragic war. In international conflicts, the truth is hard to come by because most nations are deceived about themselves. Rationalizations and the incessant search for scapegoats are the psychological cataracts that blind us to our sins. But the day has passed for superficial patriotism.

He who lives with untruth lives in spiritual slavery. Freedom is still the bonus we receive for knowing the truth. “Ye shall know the truth,” says Jesus, “and the truth shall set you free.” Now, I’ve chosen to preach about the war in Vietnam because I agree with Dante, that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality. There comes a time when silence becomes betrayal.

The truth of these words is beyond doubt, but the mission to which they call us is a most difficult one. Even when pressed by the demands of inner truth, men do not easily assume the task of opposing their government’s policy, especially in time of war. Nor does the human spirit move without great difficulty against all the apathy of conformist thought within one’s own bosom and in the surrounding world. Moreover, when the issues at hand seem as perplexing, as they often do in the case of this dreadful conflict, we’re always on the verge of being mesmerized by uncertainty. But we must move on. Some of us who have already begun to break the silence of the night have found that the calling to speak is often a vocation of agony. But we must speak. We must speak with all the humility that is appropriate to our limited vision, but we must speak.

Imagine King saying these words about the war on terror, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He would’ve been the greatest voice in the war for knowledge and information because he knew how to cut through the military and government propaganda about war. He knew that the human spirit cannot move “without great difficulty against all the apathy of conformist thought within one’s own bosom and in the surrounding world.” He was saying these amazing things not as a fringe pastor but as the chief moral voice in America.

He had the whole nation at his feet, and he was using his power to uplift his country, and all of mankind. I can’t believe the things that King said. No wonder the criminals in Washington killed him. We like to throw the word “hero” around a lot, but King deserves to be called a hero. If President, he could have totally transformed America, and thereby the entire world.

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