11-11-11

Today is 11-11-11.  I have several clients going to weddings that will happen on this mystical day.

The original 11-11-11 was in 1918.  It was the day and time to mark the end of hostilities on the Western Front between France and Germany.
It was the end of the War to End All Wars.

It certainly isn't fashionable, but the best I can say is "Sure, Thanks, Whatever."

It didn't end all wars. We aren't saved, things got worse.  Perhaps in the last thirty years things have gotten a little better, but not that much.

I am not really grateful for the men and women who died, and the millions more whose lives were ruined and disrupted.  I am very sad and sympathetic.

War is a waste.  It always was, always will be. The poor and the foolish die to keep the rich and powerful rich and powerful.

Yes, there are crazies out there now who want to randomly disrupt and even kill innocent people in this country.  There are also rich and powerful people in other countries who want to get an advantage on the rich and powerful people in our country.  It is now, and always has been a blunt and heavy-handed way to gain an advantage for resources, money, energy, and sometimes sex.  Often religion has been thrown in to raise the passions and confuse the situations even more.

All I can say is that if I had lost any of my kids, or even myself, fighting in some stupid war, especially something like Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan, or really any of them,

I would really be pissed.

So, if you really want to help all the folks in our armed forces:  End the Wars.