- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cL-xDkxg8pc&list=RDcL-xDkxg8pc&start_radio=1&pp=oAcB&ra=m
- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=70Ikj1hZDnw&ra=m
- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Pz_BGQitI&ra=m
- May we Never forget their sacrifice and that of their families…
As a young man when WWII ended it was my dream, as we celebrated Memorial Day, that the end of WWII marked the end of all wars.
With each Memorial Day since then, I have come to realize it is more likely mankind will destroy itself in a war than find peace throughout the planet.
Thus, all those who have died in uniform along with all the innocent collateral victims will have died in vain. The war to end war will never occur, as it was once believed.
I don't think that's true that they will have died in vain, even if one day humanity destroys itself through a war.
Thus, all those who have died in uniform along with all the innocent collateral victims will have died in vain
If the war in question produces better lives for those people in existence at the time, or even those who come immediately after, isnt't that a very valuable thing? All our lives were made better by the Nazis and Japanese not winning WW 2, through those men's sacrifice. Even if the world ends tomorrow, that's a good thing.
A good friend will bail you out of jail, but your best friend will be sitting next to you in the cell saying "that was f***ing awesome"
War to end war is an absurd postulate. Humanity, science, communication, cooperation are tools of peace. Mankind is ever advancing. There is hope despite nuclear proliferation.
Maybe more ominous is death of mankind by natural disaster of some sort.
I don't think that's true that they will have died in vain, even if one day humanity destroys itself through a war.
Thus, all those who have died in uniform along with all the innocent collateral victims will have died in vain
If the war in question produces better lives for those people in existence at the time, or even those who come immediately after, isnt't that a very valuable thing? All our lives were made better by the Nazis and Japanese not winning WW 2, through those men's sacrifice. Even if the world ends tomorrow, that's a good thing.
BradStevens you make a good point about not dying in vain when you write, All our lives were made better by the Nazis and Japanese not winning WW 2, through those men's (combatant's)sacrifice.
My post concerning Memorial Day and memorials in general along with the remark about "dying in vain" was a clumsy attempt to include some 75-90 million non-combatants who have given their lives during wars since 1939. How about a Memorial Day and monuments for them was what I was trying to convey.
Granted, we do have holocaust memorials and there is the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, but why not have a universal holiday and monument for the "unknown civilian"?