Remembrance day for whom?

Today let us remember the unarmed women and children killed in war by soldiers.
Today let us remember the number of women raped in war by soldiers.
Today let us remember the women who were used to ‘service’ soldiers.
Today let us remember young men who refused to be soldiers and were shot.
Today let us accept that there is never a just war.

War is murder whether it is legalised by State or by the great unwashed.
There will be more wars…justified by those seeking to gain power either through politics or religion.
What a shame that we don’t have a remembrance day for all those innocent civilians killed in wars.
Instead we have Remembrance Day for soldiers.

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