Remembering peace
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Editor:
Remembrance Day nears. Canada is at war as I write this, our soldiers are killing and dying.
On November 11 we commemorate and grieve our dead in wars. It is inappropriate to do so while we are sending our soldiers to fight now with no good reason for them to die or kill.
The war in Asia — where we fight insurgents not-unlike those guerillas the US fought in Vietnam (where we rightly refused to join America’s fight) — is a war leaders cannot explain, rationalize, justify, or comprehend. This is about politics, not honouring soldiers.
It is appropriate to demonstrate for peace November 11. Canada has a federal Ministry of Defence, to prepare us for war. Why not have a Ministry for Peace, to be the sane voice at cabinet tables? Why die for Kabul?
I will be at the cenotaph Remembrance Day with a sign expressing opinions like these. I hope some other Nelson citizens will join me there, to be seen by their peers. Some will challenge my timing and site.
They will respect my right to disagree; I do it in a way that touches people’s emotions in a face-to-face situation.
Charles Jeanes
Nelson
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