The Past

hey everyone! i'm a 16 year old girl in California who has 
never experienced the harshness of wars. However, i am intrigued 
by humans and society in which war pertains to these to aspects. 
i have researched about the Vietnam War and various other wars, 
as i am a student and have done projects/papers on these topics.
When i read about the Mylai Massacre, i was in tears and the 
unecessary killings that went on during the terrible time. i am
completely, utterly horrified by war and the killing of another
person, much less many other people. life is a very precious 
thing and i strongly believe in peaceful alternatives. 
the anti-war movement of the sixties and early seventies is 
not the answer though. through unreasonable protests, we tear 
our nation apart rather than unite it during a terrible time 
for all of our nation. but, that is the past...and this is now.
the Vietnam War took place approx. three decades ago and it is 
time for us to stop pointing fingers, cursing or praising the 
war, or even, declaring the war wrong or right. after so much 
time has passed and so many lives have been lost, it should no 
longer matter what the reason for the war was, the cause, the 
reasonablilty of it, etc. because that is not what counts 
anymore. what counts is the memory of those the world has lost 
no matter sex, race, age, wealth, or fame. we must learn from 
what has happened...we must learn from every experience that 
has ever crossed our paths, crossed our minds, or touched us in
anyway. wars arent about the issues or righteousness anymore, 
they are about the people.~anima