Have YOU Tied a Yellow Ribbon Yet?????

I am a pacifist ... I am against the War in Afghanistan ... I am against the increase in militarism around the world.

BUT

Today in Winnipeg a Minnedosa husband, father, son, brother and uncle is lying a hospital bed recovering from injuries sustained when a suicide bomber blew himself up and killed four Canadian Soldiers, wounded nine others and wounded two Afghani girls.

Scott was simply doing his JOB, and serving our Country.

Today in Minnedosa dozens upon dozens of yellow ribbons are fluttering in the warm fall breeze - a vivid reminder that we want Scott and ALL his comrades in the Canadian Armed Forces HOME.

It's not our war. But they ARE our Soliders who are taking the risk on the ground EVERY single day. They deserve - NO, they are entitled to our support and our encouragement and our prayers.

It's not easy being a pacifist in today's world - but even as a Pacifist, I know that we must support our troops and their families and those who are left shattered and broken by the horror that is Afghanistan.

We can pray ... we must pray.

We can weep ... how can we not??

We can rage ... as conscientious human beings, how can we NOT??

But what we need to do is remember that the 37 soliders who have died as of today (and one diplomat) are ordinary people just like us. They have families, they have communities - they are just young men and women who are doing their job.

We don't have to support the war - BUT - we DO have to support them and those who love them ... it is our duty, it is our obligation, it is the ONLY thing that makes sense in this nonsensical world we find ourselves in ... Tie a Yellow Ribbon on a tree, a post, a mail box ... and say a prayer for the boys and girls overseas, and say a prayer for the wounded, and say a prayer for their families ...

It's the VERY least we can do !!