Not your pawns, not your chessboard.

Our ancestors were plagued by wars; our parents are still trauma – scarred. Scattered on battlefields all over the world, our defenders were buried in mass graves or as the “unknown”. Were they toy soldiers played by some mighty politicians? The “baby-killers”? Unimportant individuals sacrificed for the well being of the comfy- cowardly “pacifistic” part of the humanity? No matter the political trends and propaganda: These people left us the greatest legacy: our honour, our values and capacity to stand up and fight.

Are we fighting a different war now? Well, our ancestors would find it shocking that greed and corruption of domestic politicians has opened the floodgates to our enemy. It would seem to them inconceivable that our “own” authorities are ready to exterminate us; our media are condemning patriotism and spitting on the most sacred of our beliefs.

Hitler’s pet Dr. Mengele used to say:” The more we do to you, the less you seem to believe we are doing it”, but he was wrong. Our ancestors knew the truth then, we know it now. Master Sergeant John Hatley said (http://www.freejohnhatley.com/message-from-john/):“I assure you, I was found guilty before I ever entered the court room. I have not, nor have I ever had reservations about dying for my country or for my men. What I do take issue with is being used as a pawn on a political chessboard or sacrificing my men or myself to provide assurances to a foreign country that we are at war with.”

During the Second World War, Hitler’s delusions spread bloodshed from continent to continent. He wanted “divine” power but the world had never belonged to him. Right now insane political dreams are being diffused in USA and Europe again. One more time we are supposed to be played and shut up. But we won’t.

If the world is a “divine chessboard”, it does not belong to corrupted politicians who are both humanly and politically mortal. A pawn is either going along with the game or stays unaware of being played. If you are none of these, keep on fighting.

   Joanna Rosamond