I completely understand where you're coming from, I too feel on some level that war is senseless, but will admit that I do feel that sometimes it's something humans have to resort to when all else has failed. In the Gita, a Hindu religious scripture, there's a beautiful back and forth between Arjun and Lord Krishna about this. Arjun is hesitant about going out into battle where he seems fellow kinsmen he grew up with standing on the opposing side. Lord Krishna understands his concern, embraces him for it, but then tells him that some times human nature takes such a sharp turn for the worse, that strength and battle is needed in order to allow good to prevail again.
It pushes me to think of the Holocaust, how nothing less than a war could have stopped it from going any further than it did.
All that said, I celebrate Veteran's Day not because I support war (because I couldn't not in good conscience do that), but because I support those who go out in the name of their country to defend those at home. Soldiers follow orders, and I'm often at awe at what they're willing to sacrifice for a greater good (that I may or may not agree with).
It pushes me to think of the Holocaust, how nothing less than a war could have stopped it from going any further than it did.
All that said, I celebrate Veteran's Day not because I support war (because I couldn't not in good conscience do that), but because I support those who go out in the name of their country to defend those at home. Soldiers follow orders, and I'm often at awe at what they're willing to sacrifice for a greater good (that I may or may not agree with).
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