Yes, we're at war. A seriously terrible thing, to be sure.
However, isn't it probably best that we go about our daily duties, working playing, laughing as much as possible, while respectful of that fact?
I'm not in favor of this war, but we're in it and we can't just "stop" being at war. It has a course that must be run. I wish it hadn't started but, as a military friend of mine once said "once begun it must be done."
So much ill will generated by people whose motives for pointless sighs have nothing to do with loved ones in harm's way.
I'm all for protest in every constructive form, but it isn't necessary for us to lead a joyless existence. No one in the field wants us that way, and let's face it: THEY have cause for fear and worry. Let's let them do their jobs, pray for them, and revel in the freedom to do and say as we please.
Don't construe this as any kind of endorsement or support for the "reasons" for this conflict; I simply believe that diplomatically and idealistically we have been painted into a corner by our "elected" government. Simply pulling out now would perhaps be more damaging in many ways than continuing.
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