Seeing Red
A campaign was started recently by family members of soldiers from Petawawa, Ontario, who are serving in Afghanistan. Their idea is to get everyone wearing red on Fridays to show support for our troops.
I think the politics of the whole situation should be off to one side here. Whether you think it's right for them to be there, or not, the bottom line is that we do have troops there and the ultimate sacrifice is being made by some of these women and men. They need to know that people at home care about them.
They've been sent there to try to help with the restoration of peace,to try to help the everyday people experience the joy of normalcy again. The fact is that some of our people have been cut down while doing such things as sitting in peaceful talk with village elders or just passing out candy to children.
Obviously, to don something red on a Friday will be to wear the colour of our flag's maple leaf, but it could also be more than that. It could be to show solidarity with the mothers and fathers, the daughters and the sons of the war-torn region - all of whose blood runs red when they're cut down, the same as our soldiers. If you wear red on a Friday, it would be because of the ordinary people there, not the extremists.
Maybe wearing red on a Friday - and it can be something as small as a red ribbon like the ones that will be allowed to members of the House of Commons - could be a good first step toward drawing a little closer together with all our brothers and sisters in Afghanistan.
I think the politics of the whole situation should be off to one side here. Whether you think it's right for them to be there, or not, the bottom line is that we do have troops there and the ultimate sacrifice is being made by some of these women and men. They need to know that people at home care about them.
They've been sent there to try to help with the restoration of peace,to try to help the everyday people experience the joy of normalcy again. The fact is that some of our people have been cut down while doing such things as sitting in peaceful talk with village elders or just passing out candy to children.
Obviously, to don something red on a Friday will be to wear the colour of our flag's maple leaf, but it could also be more than that. It could be to show solidarity with the mothers and fathers, the daughters and the sons of the war-torn region - all of whose blood runs red when they're cut down, the same as our soldiers. If you wear red on a Friday, it would be because of the ordinary people there, not the extremists.
Maybe wearing red on a Friday - and it can be something as small as a red ribbon like the ones that will be allowed to members of the House of Commons - could be a good first step toward drawing a little closer together with all our brothers and sisters in Afghanistan.
1 Comments:
I definitely support the troops, and their families here need to know that Canadians hold those who are putting their lives in harm's way, representing us, have our support and thoughts. Regardless of where they are, or why they've been sent there, they should have our support. Soldiers obey deployment orders. That's what they do. In Afghanistan, they are there for the right reasons.
I hope we don't deploy in Iraq however -- it would be for all the wrong reasons -- most of which would be for our boy scout of a PM to show his role model that he can be just as stupid.
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