Memorial Day Musings

May 31, 2021

Today we honor those who died in wars. We make it sound glamorous: They were protecting us, they fought for us, they sacrificed for us. Which is true: but there’s more to it.

When you think about it, most wars are started because somebody got greedy. They wanted land or resources or something else that somebody had. Then they dragged a whole bunch of other people into it; and those people went and attacked other people, who had to defend themselves and their property/territory/country.

And that’s how all those people ended up dying.

So, maybe the way to honor our war dead is to say, “Thanks for the lesson. We’re not going fall for that anymore.”