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March 19, 2003
First of all I want to send a prayer to all the service men and women in the US, Canada, England, Australia and all over the world who are at this minute preparing for WAR. Whether I agree with every aspect of this debate or not, I do in my deepest hearts, wish that each of the men and women return safely from the Middle East to their Families.
As a Canadian I am slightly embarassed (okay very) by the Canadian Governmentin I believe Canada should be more verbal in their support of the US and this situation. We are the US's nearest neighbour and I believe that deciding not to enter into the WAR with Saddam Hussein may be the right decision today, it does not mean that we may not tommorrow and over and above that decision we need to understand the US's stand. Canada's leaders need to step back and STOP bashing the USA and understand that this is a country which had terrorist attacks happen on THEIR soil, thousands of lives (mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters) were lost and I can never even guess at the feelings of grief that Americans have felt. Terrorism has to stop, we need to stand together around the world, feed the hungry, educate the uneducated, teach the children, love the children, clothe the naked and honestly love one another as human beings not considering race, religion, money etc. In saying that, I believe deeply in the saying.."Evil will only triumph, when good men do nothing.
I continually ask myself have I done nothing? its something to ponder... what have we done as parents, as teachers of our children to ensure that this world doesn't become one of armed freedom, doesn't become a world of hate, violence , anger?, intolerance...
I wonder at raising children during war. Living in Ottawa the captial city of Canada, will I have to teach my child about what to do if we are attacked by terrorist, do I avoid downtown (the parliament buildings, large open areas, certain ethnic areas?)Will I need to have an invasion plan, a safe room. Will those fighting for my freedom unknowingly take it away as my day to day life changes?
What I wonder did the English do during the second world war, raising their children amongst bombings, air raids, the threat of invasion. How did a child's perspective change, how did keep your babe's innocence amongst such an environment. How did a mother in England protect her child's life and his innocence?
Will this War change my child, or your child is this the beginning of a whole new way of life? I shudder to think my child will lose his innocence so young.
I watch CNN and think of the children of Iraq and what they must be going through during this time, the fear their mothers must feel, the worry of feeding, protecting their child from invasion? or even more probable, from Saddam Hussein's maniacal dictatorship. How has these last 10 years since the Gulf War changed an Iraqi child, has he grown bitter and angry at us? or at Saddam and his regime?
To all of you reading my entry and for my darling darling son in later years, remember that nothing is as costly as human life, any human life...we need to, as mothers (Iraqi, Canadian, American, Muslem, Catholic, Christian, English, French etc)start reminding people the importance of the value of human life. Reach out to your neighbour, no matter who they may be and love them, understand them, accept them and we can bring about a world where OUR children are safe, where we know that never will they ever have to be called to war and sacrifice their lives. I wish I could say that, not only to you, but the mothers in Iraq, know us as mothers, not christians, not invaders, not satan, but mothers who love their sons and daughters as you do, who'd give their food to feed them, our clothes to clothe them our lives so that they might live one more year. Are we so different? Do we as a nation, or as a world need the mothers to show us true peace, true acceptance of others?
Kellie.
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