As I foresee the future, we (humans) will continue to send our young men and women to war. They will go willingly, and with a sense of honor. Only later, will they realize the full implications and burden of accepting that task.

Yet, it is this innate sense of compassion, as displayed by these two veterans from opposite sides, that gives me hope that the human race can be weaned from war.

I did not meet my father until I was 4 years old, in 1946, and he returned from 4 years in Europe. I have a 21 year old son,--I don't think parents present and future want to see our sons and daughters die over and over again...