On this Memorial Day I would like to remind us that blessed are the peacemakers, we must never glorify war and death, those who have experienced war hate war and they love peace.
I managed a dog kennel for 6 years in Lancaster, California, for a World War II Veteran. He was in school to become a Veterinarian when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and he had to drop out of school to join the Marine Corps to go fight against the Japanese. Because he was training to be a Veterinarian they put him in charge of their War Dogs, he trained Dobermans for the Marines, and he managed a dog kennel full of Dobermans for the Marines. He went to combat in Japan with his war dog Duke. And he hated war. He had a photo of the United Nations on the wall of our office, and he said the UN was a good hope to stop future world wars, he loved the UN.
The people who have been to war love peace. War is horrible, and blessed are the peacemakers who keep the peace and who prevent wars.
Of note, the Central Intelligence Agency was created along with the UN to prevent future world wars, we need for our best and brightest to work for the CIA, along with the UN, to prevent war.
I give thanks to those who served and died, while at the same time I honor my former Veteran Boss when I say that the peacemakers are blessed.
Peace.
Salute,
Tony V.
