Today I honor veterans of all wars, on all sides of the battlefield. I also honor every person who has ever lost a life as a result of wars worldwide, whether that person was a victim of a coward's car bomb, or a family lost as collateral damage from tactical missile strikes, today is the day to reflect on the true cost of war - human life.
I honor our men and women who have fallen in service above all others, but I also mourn the lives of our enemies, because many of them were doing what they believed was right just as our soldiers did the same. Every life lost is lost to the world.
Here's a great article, originally written in 1993, which gives on veteran's thoughts on the subject. Something to reflect about on this day of remembrance.
http://articles.latimes.com/1993-05-31/local/me-41751_1_memorial-dayI hope our leaders, whatever their politics, will continue to use force when necessary to defend our way of life, but that they do so with great regret and sadness, knowing the cost of such actions.
