Do not confuse peace and freedom. You can have peace under the most brutal of dictatorships. It is possible to have peace and freedom but it's very difficult.
The fact is, as Jefferson said, the tree of liberty must ocassionally be watered with the blood of patriots. He who will not fight to preserve his freedom does not deserve it.
I have a son who is just 18. He has his whole life before him and I pray that he will never have to live with the memories of war.But our freedoms be defended and I would rather he had to go to war than live as a slave to fear and shame, knowing that he could have fought back but did nothing. My family has fought for freedom since the '45, and in every war since where liberty was threatened. The only one we've missed is Desert Storm.
I don't want war. I don't want my son to experience it's horror, it's blood and waste.
But freedom is worth fighting for.
Very little else is.

troll