Remember: An alternative view of Memorial Day

Posted by clnews _Featured_, Anti-war, Awake and Aware, Featured Videos Sunday, May 27th, 2012

The video “Remember” provides an alternative view of Memorial Day. Remember not only those who have lost their lives, but also those responsible for creating wars, and those who profit from war.

Two Sides Of War (All Wars) by Henry Grantland Rice

“All wars are planned by older men
In council rooms apart,
Who call for greater armament
And map the battle chart.

But out along the shattered field
Where golden dreams turn gray,
How very young the faces were
Where all the dead men lay.

Portly and solemn in their pride,
The elders cast their vote
For this or that, or something else,
That sounds the martial note.

But where their sightless eyes stare out
Beyond life’s vanished toys,
I’ve noticed nearly all the dead
Were hardly more than boys.”