It has been said

It has been said by many who know first hand because they have fought and seen the many horrors of war.  "There never is a good war."  Even when fought for all the right reasons and for the "ultimate good", wars just take too much sacrifice.  Who are we, who sit in our safe, secure, comfy homes to expect the sacrifice of young lives that have not yet been fully realized?  We need to take the commitment much more seriously before we  throw away the best of any nation. It can't be done on suppositions  or for political gain, but only when there is absolutely no other recourse to save our nation from destruction.

I, personally have never had a loved one in harms way due to war, so I can't possibly know the suffering that so may have experience.  I can only imagine the toll wars have taken.

We will never know what cures may have been made, what president may have been great, or what   discovery may have been made to enhance our lives if those people had had a chance to live out their lives. We can only wonder what glorious music may have been composed or art created for us all to enhance lives of generations to come. We can only wonder.

So,I think the least we can do this weekend is to, not only mourn the senseless loss of so many lives in so many wars, but to mourn the loss to all humanity of the many gifts we have been deprived of realizing over so many years of history.