And a thank you from another pacifist. I look to the day when wars are 'fought' between the heads of government and their immediate cabals. After a long round of negotiations and sanctions and carrots. Leave the 'people' out of it. War is brutal and brutalizing and insane, not to mentoin archaic.

But I too am in awe of our servicemen and servicewomen who give their best - and in some cases, their all - to what they perceive as their country's need. I thank them all. When I see someone in military uniform my heart lifts in prayer that the wearer may stay safe and intact physicaly and mentally and emotionally.