DND, families of dead soldiers say leaked friendly-fire report is wrong - thestar.com

DND, families of dead soldiers say leaked friendly-fire report is wrong - thestar.com

"A truth about war is the first thing lost, is truth itself." Much of what happens in war has an "official cause" and then there is the actual. The island of Kiska in the Aleutian islands during WW2 was suspected of being occupied by the Japanese. Indeed the Japanese had been there and had even had supply bunkers equipped and filled before they vacated the island. A veteran who was in the landing party to recover the island of Kiska, shared the incident of the American soldiers to be killed following such landing. The troops had been ordered to dig in and not to move until they were given the word. The "trained" soldiers were tired of doing nothing and decided to sneak up the hills from the coast to figure out what was going on. This was when they found the supply bunkers and went in to investigate. They found uniforms and armament and decide to fool their buddies and dress up and come down in the new found uniforms to have a little fun. This is another story from those who were their - http://canadianheroes.org/henri/the-battle-for-kiska-story.htm

When they were spotted by the Canadians coming down the hill, they were mistaken for actually being Japanese and were shot by the Canadian soldiers. The newspaper and official release was that they had died in battle fighting the Japanese. My source who shared the story with me several years ago, I believe he told the truth. My father discovered the truth of war several times in his military career that was different from the "official decision". His dream of what he was being offerred to serve was not what he had signed up for either.

I mourn the loss of all soldiers who for what ever reason ended up dying, when it was the leaders of their countries who reclined in soft chairs wearing their white gloves to cover up the blood they did not want to show their mothers.

May we one day end the madness of recognizing what are leaders say is the truth and realize what it really is. Just another little lie in the scheme of the mission. Remember that power - politics and priviledge are the steroids that feed and grow the bulk of arrogance, that people believe is strength and character behind the padding and glitz of the uniform.

“War is easy compared to life.”
Where one lives in position to the universe is beyond our knowing. Living on the earth we know neither if we are on the top or bottom of the little ball that orbits the sun. Depending where we are on the ball, we may experience life differently from someone elsewhere. Where we are should not change our purpose. My relationship to the Divine mystery takes my imagination from the edges of the universe to the smallest atoms put together within my own body and all things in between.

As my curiosity to know and understand life in all dimensions, and the fact as an animal with legs, ears, eyes etc. I search and wonder. Life in all its complexity is filled with joy, struggle, ecstasy, delight, sorrow. Sharing life with all life around me, I am part of an interwoven web, that for what I do, say, and act affects the whole. Holding such consciousness is for me why life is not easy. Death can bring relief from the struggle, but God the creator has set before us both life and death.

I will try to choose life for all, taking time to “figure – life out” as the alternative of dying which in itself may be easier. Our great work of life is to live fully. If we choose not to do the “great work” to nurture life, do we honour those who choose death and make it easier for a path of war? Do those who choose war actually make life easier for all? May your journey be in peace, love, hope and joy.

The human spirit lives by creating new ways to live. May you live fully today, so when you die others will know that you have truly lived. Being in awe of Creation, I will sit and sense the holy in all that is around me on this Earth Day of reflection.