Memorial Day

[Ad Orientem]

Memory eternal!

Old men declare war, but it is the young who must fight and die.
-Herbert Hoover

Next to a battle lost, the saddest thing is a battle won.
-Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

[MediumTex]

It's incredibly sad to think of (and remember today) all of the good people who have been killed in warfare that is too often entered into to achieve ridiculous political goals.

It reminds me of Black Sabbath's War Pigs:

Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerers of death's construction
In the fields the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh lord yeah!

Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor

Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait 'til their judgement day comes
Yeah!

Now in darkness world stops turning
Ashes where the bodies burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of judgement, God is calling
On their knees the war pig's crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan laughing spreads his wings
Oh lord yeah!