AT THE MOMENT Now that the Christmas Day celebrations are coming to a halt in most sections of our country we can make an evaluation of the day in the light of what was expected. Some people had anticipated a time was was ripe for another sneak attacks by our sworn enemies, but that has not, as yet, occurred. Those people who have been worried about such an attack are not to be scorned or vilified for guessing incorrectly this time, because it is, very often, their alert worry and care which tells the rest of us that danger does, indeed, still exist.
We must not let our guard down, even when things begin to take on a rosy glow according to the manner in which the “news” is placed before us. We are ,in spite of our much lauded systems of communication not all aware of the true structure of those news accounts which reach us through channels we, ourselves, have set up very often to retain certain elements we deem to be of importance.
Today's accounts say today was a rather quiet one in Jerusalem. Well over a hundred thousand pilgrims form all faiths were there and no tales of rioting or mass assault as absent from tonight's news accounts. Dissident groups will report minor, local skirmishes and try to make the make them appear to have been major problems censored for some indefinite reason. It is, perhaps, unwise to place complete trust in any one telling of such stories.
The day has been good one. If you followed the path I did, we all overate, perhaps over-rested a bit, too and now we have a memory of a peaceful day during a time of war.
We must remind ourselves of the consequences of relaxing too much and even pretending there is no war in the traditional, all out sense. If you fail to support the troops we have active in the fields of war around the world you are committing treason.
The war in which we are engaged demands much of each of us – all citizens and chief among the moral honesty. Be firm in your beliefs and live by and with them.
A.L.M. December 25, 2005 [c379wds]
