[donmeaker]

Don't feel bad that you missed a war. It is for that, to save you from the scourge of war, that your forebears fought. At least that part of their effort was successful.

What we can do is raise our children to honor the brave, and they will be ready when the time comes.

[risk]

It is for that, to save you from the scourge of war, that your forebears fought.

I know. They even raised me to believe in the possibility of a world without war, an idea I've abandoned since 9/11. But hardly a night goes by that I'm not kept awake by the feeling that I need to do more than just write about defending this country. Thank you, though.