We may not believe in war, yet it is inevitable. We may hope for peace, yet peace we cannot proclaim over the graves of fallen soldiers. War founded this nation, and it is through war that our nation has held it’s own over the course of history.

We protest against a government that at times does not hear it’s people, yet this liberty was achieved by war. No matter how wise the human race may become, no matter how advanced, history will undeniably repeat itself. For as individuals, we each have a voice that will either be silenced or heard. Through these voices, conflicts will occure. To change this is as futile as telling the sun to stop rising.

Through these events, it falls upon many to follow the strongest voice, by choice or otherwise. This is how civilization as we know it functions. What good can then be accomplished by proclaiming the inevitable futile? Does this cause the loss to be any less painful to the mourners? Doubtful…

Compromise is to agree to disagree, yet a hand is offered for the taking. We may not agree with war, we may not agree with death. But common decency, asks us to mourn with our fellow losses, and to be proud for them if we cannot be, for ourselves.