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Nations must unite to halt murders over differing views

French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech during a meeting with French mayors in Paris, Wednesday Nov. 18, 2015. French President Francois Hollande says France is 'at war' against terrorism by the Islamic State group. (Stephane de Sakutin, Pool Photo via AP)
French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech during a meeting with French mayors in Paris, Wednesday Nov. 18, 2015. French President Francois Hollande says France is 'at war' against terrorism by the Islamic State group. (Stephane de Sakutin, Pool Photo via AP) Stephane de Sakutin AP

How many deaths will it take until we know that too many people have died? It is time for the civilized nations of this planet to band together and form a peacekeeping force whose goal is to eliminate all those that would threaten the wellbeing of our world. We can no longer allow any group of people to murder innocents simply because they hold a differing point of view.

Tom Durante

Bradenton

This story was originally published November 22, 2015 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Nations must unite to halt murders over differing views ."

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