I think of the apathy towards the War more in terms of a paradox. Who in America can fathom the depths of dispair that is felt in any nation on whose grounds War takes place? We are blessed in North America with plenty and our "greed" be it for oil or power or both or other lusts just as destructive is glaring and apparent to the rest of the world. A peace march is just that....marching and gathering to show we are "in step" against War in all of its ugliness. I also do not see this as focused towards peace as much as non-violence training,ethics classes, other attempts at peace education, or even feeding and housing the poor among us. I do see strides being taken more so each and every day. Little details being worked out that will lead to more conscious-awareness of what maturity it does take on a national scale to forward a World Peace Agenda is still quite a far off. It is the keeping hope alive that peace marches and other gatherings sustain. I cannot forget the many who chose to arm themselves and answer the call of their nation to defend....[I cannot kill and find little to defend at the hands of greedy leadership that invokes an unrighteous war over the world's few remaining resources]...and I must honor their choice as well as the sacrifice of any and all human life so willingly lain before us. The paradox is in finding a midway point aka "common ground" where the strongest defense of all is "peace action" instead of retalitory aggression and defense-posturing based wholely on hysteria and induced fear aka terrorisms. The greatest fear is fear, itself. What we need most as world-class citizens is such love for our fellow mankind that even thoughts of violence and/or war would be seldom, if ever, entertained. Peace and "peace action" are choices that make for a healthy world where all God's children can live and thrive. So by what reasoning is the creation of avenues and pathways wherein Peace can be achieved proving so very difficult?

Peace is healthy for Children
and all Others Living.