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  Teri

  1 år sedan

  This is so touching an article Mark. We forget sometimes how lucky we are for those that gave their lives for our freedoms today.
  
  Some of us take it all for granted that we live yet another day and our follies are inconsequential to what others have sacrificed.
  
  War is not the answer, it never was and never will be and yet it is declared so freely. Both our countries- Canada in Afghanastan and yours in Iraq fought and are continuing to fight bravely.
  But war is not the answer. I once saw my cousin's son wearing a tee-shirt that said " War is the answer". I just looked at him, and said " no its not, and it never will be". He just didn't know because maybe he was too young to realize what war was really like".
  
  Thanks for the reminder for those soldiers that fought bravely. They will always be remembered in our hearts.
  
  Teri's last blog post..Hidden Drugs in a Dog’s Drinking Water
  
  We never learn. Sometimes we need to fight for a cause but it is the cavalier attitude to human life by those who are "safe" that is the biggest sin. I used Us & Them by Pink Floyd as a parallel with guru-fodder but in this instance it applies directly to the post:
  
  "Forward he cried from the rear
  And the front rank died
  General sat, as the lines on the map
  Moved from side to side"
  
  And then the politicians don't know what to do because war isn't the answer! The fighting goes on but the outcome becomes less and less clar and lives continue to be lost - for what?
  
  Thanks as always Teri
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  Diana

  1 år sedan

  Great article Mark and thanks for reminding us to continue to pray for our troops who are fighting so that we may have freedom. What really bothers me is that many soldiers gave their lives to free France and their attitude towards America (I can only speak about America here) is horrible.
  
  I have never been to France, but as was told to me by family members and friends who were there, the French look down at Americans and treat them poorly. What a shame that is! Only God knows where they would be if the Americans, British and Canadians did not step up to the plate to free them from the Germans.
  
  About Afghanistan and Iraq, I can only say that after seeing what the terrorist did in New York, the city where I went to school, grew up, worked and lived nearly all my life, it is necessary for America to fight those countries. Again, brave soldiers fighting to preserve our freedom and I am so grateful to them for their sacrifice.
  
  Diana
  
  Diana's last blog post..Crepe Myrtle - the Southern Belle
  
  The English and French have a very strange relationship. Thousands of years of war, allies at other times, as a race they seem to dislike us and as a race we seem to dislike them. BUT, as with everything in life it's really all down to individuals and I have met some really cool French people. I guess most of the population now only know about the 2nd WW through books etc and conveniently forget who liberated France.
  
  I agree you cannot ever allow bullies to get away with it. But, I'd like to think there was a long term plan for dealing with matters - thought out to the conclusion, I'm afraid I don't have that much faith in any politicians.
  
  And the end result? Brave young men and women are left in the front line while those responsible sleep soundly in their beds. Mark
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