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I keep hearing about people who are for the soldiers. They love “their boys” and just want them safe. They want there to be no war and they do not see a need for war, perhaps ever. Yes, there were people who thought we should not get involved in World War I or II. There are people who believe the Civil War was wrong. And, I believe that mistakes lead to some wars, other wars are created by people who will have it no other way. Quite often, wars started by the latter could have been canceled if the world had shown a backbone. In any case, you cannot be for the soldiers but against the war.
In our traditions, our laws, and our Western (used to be shared) understandings, anything that actively or passively causes untimely death must either be religiously or governmentally allowed in order for the action which caused the death not to be murder. Barring that, all actions which cause untimely death are murders. Further, those who commit those acts are murders. There can be no historical or legal doubt. So, if you are against the war and believe it to be wrong, you believe the people who are acting on those orders to be wrong, and as such, you must convict.
If you believe the war is wrong, immoral, and illegal, then you believe our soldiers are murders. You have no place to go with it, except into some world of denial of right and wrong where only what you think matters and what you think is not based on logic, truth, law, history, or facts. You must convict. Do you like that idea? Perhaps yes, perhaps no, I think some of you do. Those of you who do not like that, understand, it is what it is. You have choices, make them wisely, but do not then cry when the choices put you up as hanging judges.
I have no problem with this. I am for these wars. I have no doubt that they are a correct reaction and further actions. I also think they are unfortunate. With the right people in the White House, these issues could and should have been tended quietly and quickly. Though, nothing is sure. Perhaps this would have been the end result, if later, in any case. I believe the people our soldiers are killing deserve the sentence handed down by our government and am happy to see it completed. I will always regret the losses in our military ranks, if I have some great pride to know there are still men who can and will face death (and most usually win, and when allowed to do their job, complete the task).
It's a fine line, isn't it? I support our soldiers, and yet it's so unfortunate to see them lose their lives for our country; for us. And yet, we are so grateful for their losses and at the same time, regret they ever went in, once a loved one in the military passes away in battle.
ReplyDeleteHard to fathom and make sense of it all really.
~deb,
ReplyDeleteYes, it is a close call. And, I understand where love and loss can confuse. And, I do hate to lose even one man, woman, or child to a war, whether they are for or against matters not a whit. I just understand that sometimes there is no choice, other than surrender.
Hard to fathom? Impossible! I think, for me, that is where faith comes in. Faith, not just a thing defined by religion, but also expanded to involve certain people, specific governments, particular actions, and just the way things are. After, that, and in finality, faith is then taken to my religion as a final and true assurance, for me.