Maybe one day when we remember that we are animals, we will stop killing eachother like human beings.

You cannot both condemn terrorism as always wrong (murder) and at the same time, as a "response" to terrorism, justify/excuse killing civilians (the defining characteristic that allegedly distinguishes terrorism from war). Since in the "Global War Against Terrorism" over 900,000 civilians have been killed, either terrorism (murder) is not always wrong or the United States is a terrorist nation and guilty of murder.

Marching in a parade neither educates nor informs about the realities of war. Rather it celebrates and perpetuates the myth of honor and glory, and "The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori." I will march no more.

I am more the patriot today as I march in protest and dissent than when I wore the uniform of a United States Marine. Nor am I less the warrior, armed with a bullhorn rather than an automatic weapon.

I think that to wish someone a happy Memorial Day is to misunderstand its meaning.

War is war. By whose command people are unecessarily dying is irrelevant. Hold war criminals accountable regardless of political party. If your son or daughter was killed in this war, would it make a difference if it was Bush, or Obama, or Romney, who ordered them to their deaths?