From an American Soldier, an American citizen to all of all the world's people!!!

I talk to you now because I can, because I must...........There are great minds all over this planet. I cannot describe my experince in Iraq or the war on terror, please, do not ask me too. I will not, mine is a personal battle. One that transcends life or death. I have seen too much, felt too much, both for my fellow soldiers and for the civilians I have seen victimized by this horrible conflict.
I only wish to say this...................................

SINCE 2003 I HAVE FACED AND SEEN DEATH, FROM BOTH SIDES. IT IS NOT WHAT EITHER OF OUR SIDES WISH. I HAVE HELD MUSLIM CHILDREN IN MY ARMS AS THEY DIED WITH TEARS IN MY EYES AND SADNESS IN MY HEART! I HAVE HELD FELLOW AMERICANS AND NATO SOLDIERS IN MY ARMS AS THEY DIED WITH PURE SADNESS IN MY SOUL. THIS CANNOT, AND MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE. I PLEDGE MY SOUL TO THIS CAUSE.

LOVE ALWAYS, AN AMERICAN SOLDIER,
TY

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Peace and Love gives Streinght for the heart. No more wars in the world.
hay there dear brother....
i feel that we have similar journey...
i have been serving in the israely army for 3 years and later on in the reserves at the last war in lebanon...
the deep wound within my hart was huge, it took me few years to overcome these crisis, just to exprience all these pain, all these death around... but its o.k .im still alive, and so are you, here on earth that is our misson to send the massege for global peace forward....
where ever we go we shell bring peace, understanding, growth, compassion, humilty, strength and love to all....
just because we know how its like, how terible war is.... the dark side of humanity.....
it is the hardest lessons in life that gives us awarness and strength.....
thank you for sharing...
with great love to humanity
michael
michael,
To you I send a special love. For it is individuals such as yourself that can relate to what I have experinced. Let us pray, let us pray to the temple mount, to the place where Solomon, Jesus and Muhammad gave their all for peace. May God be with you. May god be with all of us in these, the most troubling of times.

With much respect and love,
Ty
My Dearest Brother,

It is with great sadness that I read your post and at the same time my heart soars for your stand. For it is with you and your fellow soldiers that the truth lives.

It is with you that all of us may channel our vision for peace because it is through you that we may have voice with your fellow soldiers against the institutions and errors in our thinking that has done this to you.

I do not pretend to know how you feel. Yet may that feeling continue to inspire what is necessary for all of us to release our fears to standing up for what is right.

I am honored to be in your presence. Thank you for all that you have gone through and suffered through to bring not only you, but also all of us to this higher understanding of purpose.
As I can see, many around the world are hopeful that Obama can tame the shrew of war. Be not fooled, for the true powers that be, the military industrial complex of the globe, will see to it that more war is spread. All of this in the effort to enrich themselves. There is much work to be done, the real question is this, does the world population have it within them to fight these creatures of evil and bring about true world peace?

Ty
Dear Ty
THIS message of yours will surely be shown to my two daughters and my husband. It is a useful thing to read, though
sad, it gives us an important message. Continue to write to us, we will listen and learn from you.
Thank you and best of luck to you and those dear to you
Stephanie

i feel that u initiate in my a wave that continue yours...and is the wave of hatred to the hatred,and violence to the violence...It's like a unstable situation ,it's a situation that at the end can cancel itself !

If so many feel like this...what could happend ?
I read this and cried very much. What can we do to make everyone understand that we must fight together to save our existence on this planet instead for fighting eachother. Instead for using our recourses on war we must spend it on saving our environment and see to that all people get food and water and threat all people with respect and dont look for revenge because then it will never end. I wich you never have to go to war again. Peace upon you.
Maryam, I think it was Gondi who said, "an eye for an eye, and the world would become blind"
There is great truth to your words, while living we must fight to protect the continuation of life on earth, with all we have, for it is in dire need of it. and a word you said that has much to do with all war, and this earth, that there is not enough of, that is the exact opposite, of the cause of all of these problems... the balance that needs to be here to win:
"respect"
TY, I'm copying this from a blog I have on another site, unchanged:
And will comment further on it below at the end.

Those who live life with no regrets I question their conciseness,
I dont know anyone, who has not done something wrong,
those who do not allow themselves to hurt over it,
lose the motive to change, and denial of that pain,
is avoiding something telling you, to learn something.
Pain is there to teach us something,
the sooner we learn what that is,
the sooner the pain stops.

But there comes time after lessons learned,
To let it go..........
Story.

+==============================================+
A monk and his disciple were traveling the Malayans
When they came upon a woman at the edge of a swollen stream.
The water was low when she first crossed to the village to get supplies,
now she could not cross.
According to their religion, they were not allowed any contact with women,
not physical nor verbal.

The monk instructed the disciple to help carry her goods across the stream,
Then offered the woman to climb onto his back
and he carried her across and set her down on the other side.
They then resumed their journeys.

The disciple pondered this in his mind,
trying to understand how he could do that!
Over and over and over and could not let it go
he could not understand what had happened!
How could his Master do such a thing?!

Several hours later he could not help but ask....

"How is it that you carried the woman across the river on your back?!"
"Master.... we are not allowed any contact with women...it is forbidden!"


The master turned to his disciple and said,
"I, set her down on the other side of the stream."
"Why do you, still carry her with you?"

++===============================================++

I do not know what degree this may be of help to you,
or if to soon for it to be able to......

I once walked the path of the dark side,
evil had become my master, and much evil did I do to this world as his warrior....
Event though it was decades ago since I turned to the side of the light,
It took the deaths of several of those I loved to see that the very thing
that was in their killer, was also within ME..........
It took all I had and more to win the fight back to the light....

I have sense then, had to kill, to defend innocence,
I have sense then, also held the hands of those dieing,
and also held them in my arms as they slipped away...
I am no stranger to evil (within me, and dealing with it in others), nor stranger to death.

But by that I feel these last words though more simple may be of more help....

The best I can do, for those who I have loved who have died,
is not to morn, but to LIVE for them, LIVE with all I have, LIVE with a vengeance and dedication,
to not waste one moment of life by taking it for granted.
I smile with all my heart, as well as cry with all my heart for these are both part of the experience of LIFE.
Live life FOR THEM with all you have.

And finally and more simply but very much truth is in this.
And I am not saying to forget, but use to motivate you to go forward.

It is hard, to go forward, looking backward.

I dont know if anything said may be any value to you.
But know, I hold you in my heart and prayers this night, for healing.
To know terror, is also to know fully well, the value of peace.
It is worth fighting for, especially within our selves.
That we may fight back with PEACE and in doing so bring it to this world,
what those of terror can never bring to this world.
Peace to you TY with all my heart, you know the importance of it.
Sincerely.
Tree
"DAI DIAMANTI NON NASCE NIENTE,
DAL LETAME NASCONO I FIORI
From diamonds born anyone
from manure born flowers".

FABER (Fabrizio De Andrè)

The world is waiting for you: I just become to smell your good and fine perfume, wonderfull bloomed flower !
I embrassed you, Ty, American citizen, once soldier

(from latin language, "sòldus" means money of massive gold -= a man who changes his means with massive gold's money)
Via del campo - De Andrè - Sarzana 1981 (Faber sings the words:"Dai diamanti non nasce niente, dal letame nascono i fiori")

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May be you take inspiration from http://www.combatantsforpeace.org
Peace and smile
Luisella

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