BEYOND BUDGETAssalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.Every Sept. 2 sends me back to the same thought: peace isn't something made in a single moment. It takes years — institutions willing to keep showing up, communities willing to be served, and people choosing, again and again, to build instead of tear down.The 1976 Tripoli Agreement was where it started. It was a major turning point in the peace process between the Government of the Phili…