Pearl Harbor and stood looking into oily water.
Munich and walked the streets of Nazism's birth.
Hanoi and cringed at the cells of Hoa Lo prison.
Little Big Horn of last stand fame.
Rome with its Coloseo of ritualized killing for entertainment.
Israel, the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Iraq in depth from Basra, Kirkuk, Tikrit, Baghdad to Mosul.
New York City and ground zero.
In our enlightened, modern society it may not be correct to think like this but violence has been part and parcel of human existence from the beginning. From the jealous slaying of a brother to world encompassing wars. Conflict and struggle are never going away.
My question to you is, on this day when so many remember victims, the dead and what it all means is this;
Are you going to be the one acting or the one acted upon?
What in your life is worth protecting and fighting for?
Patrick Henry said it soo eloquently with these quotes - “We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power.. the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.”
“It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
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