Editor’s Note: I am traveling and walked in from drinks last night just in time to see the cascade of horror from the UK. This is Marlow’s take on the latest savage act of wanton terror.

– Vic

We in quiet corners all over the world are suffering another war time loss of family and friends very dear to us. Long ago this war’s battlefields moved from foreign valleys and caves to our homeland. Our streets, transportation, athletic events and entertainment venues are where the enemy’s targeting efforts are focused.

Our hearts go out in sympathy to the families who are enduring these cruel losses of their young. There are many households that have been struck to the heart.

This most recent attack at a youth pop music concert revealed that this enemy is now targeting our children. And why? Surely you must have asked yourselves this question.

Why, in all conscience, should these be the ones to suffer?

Children, young people at the height of their promise. Why these? Are these our soldiers? Are these our fighters? Why should they be sacrificed? I shall tell you why.

Because this is not only a war of soldiers in uniform. It is a war of the people, of all the people, and it must be fought not only on the battlefields, but in the cities and in the villages, in the factories and on the farms, in the homes, and in the hearts of every man, woman, and child who love freedom.

As we have bury these newly dead, what will be our response to this escalating tyranny and terror that threatens to strike our children down? This is a people’s war. It is our war. We are the fighters. How shall we fight it?

Missing teenagers (from left) Olivia Campbell, Martyn Hett, Chloe Rutherford and Liam Curry

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