On the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, in 1918, men of good will sat around a table, in a railway car, and together signed a peace treaty. The men who met that day in the French town of Compiègne intended that by signing the Armistice to end the First World War, they would forever end all wars.
Sadly, the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. A little over 20 years after the signing of the Armistice, German troops led by a man hell-bent on world domination, invaded Poland. Soon after that, German storm troopers spread across Norway, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands and France--the word’s bloodiest and costliest armed conflict was well on its way.
Almost a century after the signing of the Armistice to end the war that was supposed to “end all wars,” the carnage of war goes unabated. For all of our pretentions to civility, for all of our accomplishments in the arts, science and philosophy, for all of our claims to biological superiority, we humans are no better than baboons. We continue to send young men and women to fight senseless territorial wars, we continue to lay waste to this beautiful blue planet that is our home and we continue to treat our own brothers and sisters with savage brutality in the name of religion.
On this Armistice Day, I encourage you to find ways to wipe wars from the face of the Earth. Become better educated and hold our so-called leaders accountable for their decisions. Take responsibility for your own actions, become a good steward of our planet and the animal, and plant life in it.
One more thing: if you meet a war veteran or a current soldier, please stop for a moment and thank him and her for their service. Remember that soldiers serve under difficult conditions; whether we agree or disagree with their mission, they are our brothers and sisters and fully deserve our support and appreciation.
Peace out!
3 comments:
Well said!
You are right on target with your comments. Good article.
thank you for this post debbie ! very good ! you are very right we must thank our brothers and sisters who helped and fought during the wars ! my grandfathers were some resistents during WW2 and helped and fought too to fight against germans during WW2 in campaigns and helped a lot
we must keep it in memory !
they were here before american and canadian and english troups came to france to help us and save us !
thank you for that ! i lived near compiegne during several years !
thank you so much deb for it
arc
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