For the 1.1 Million U.S. soldiers who perished in its combined wars, we offer a moment of silence on this Memorial Day, 2024.
For all those still serving, let us pray for a day when peace prevails over war, when all who serve can come home. This question has become more important during the last 100 years because a century ago most people killed in wars were professionals. At the beginning of the twentieth century only 10%-15% of those who died in war were civilians. In World War 2 more than 50% of those who died were civilians. Those who make the decisions to start wars need to consider:
Kennedy, 1962. “Our goal is not the victory of might but the vindication of right…not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom, here in this hemisphere, and, we hope, around the world.
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