The Trumpet of Conscience

       In his speech "The Trumpet of Conscience", Dr. Martin Luther King Jr explains how difficult his decision was to oppose the war against Vietnam.He was confused and worried about the complexities of this war,but he couldn't keep silent when he realized it was becoming a big threat to his war against poverty.It was destroying the hopes of poor people as the poverty program was broken during the war.He also noticed that this war was destroying the family of poor,both black and white,as they were forced to go to the war.In a country where black and white people were not allowed to go to a same school together,the poor ones killed and died together in the war.And his final reason that made him to go against the war was when he went to the ghettos in the North and tried to convince the people that violence can never be a solution to their problem.The desperate,angry people asked why did their own government choose the path of violence against Vietnam.At that moment Dr. King decided to raise his voice against the war.When people tried to exclude him from the movement for peace he answered them that he had worked his entire life to end the practice of separating people.How can he ditch his morality and stay silent to the greatest violence in the world,even though the victims belong to some other country.