I'm self censoring. It's a very different post then what I would like to write. It's remembrance/veterans day and we commemorate around the world in various ways.
Members of my extended family are generational military. Good guys. They're not happy. Lives are not disposable. And today rings hollow for many.
I know that small wars need to be fought to prevent the big ones and we've done a decent job in the past.
There are countries whose mentality will not change and cannot be changed. One that's starts with R. Will never give up its expanionist ambitions waiting and creating chaos to carry out opportunistic ambitions. Others are merely pawns in geopolitics.
People will disagree not realizing that peace needs to be bought through compromise and negotiations.
There are many within the military that wonder whether their sacrifices mattered. They did. At least for a while they bought us time.
I am grateful and I'm sorry.
John MacCrae Surgeon and Canadian officer
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