Children aspire to learn and experience new things. Some of the “Time for Peace” members might want to learn what we do in the military. In the military we practice many peace operations including feeding the hungry, restructuring governments to allow individuals to experience the right of free speech without being hurt, and flood and hurricane disaster relief. I have yet to see people in the military protesting.

We know your world and we practice it not only in our country but in others as well. We allow you to say what you feel. I respect that. You may want to respect other people’s right to expand their knowledge on what they want to learn. No one there was there because they didn’t want to be. Many children want to be in the military someday and this is the information they will be learning. What is bad in getting a head start on learning?

Let’s talk about the message you are sending little children. You were stating you have a right of free speech because the military has fought for that right. You voiced your opinion on the promotion of violence, if you experienced our world you would know that we know all too well what violence can do. Take a look at the Vietnam memorial wall and you will learn what it can do. In the military it is our job to protect your rights and the wall is a memory of what it costs.

If you can find a way to have peace without bloodshed in some of the conflicts we have had, please feel free to send it to your congressman. Make sure it doesn’t say let’s talk it over with them, because if you haven’t noticed it doesn’t work. We don’t ask much of you in return. Being a member of the military is like being a member of a peace club but without the protests. Go to your nearest recruiting office and sign up to experience our world and you will find that it is much like yours.

Jennifer Snead

Junior

Exercise and sports science