War

• Mosiah 21:9-10…War causes mourning & lamentation for loved ones and fear toward the enemies
• Alma 43:30…Moroni uses strategy in War
• Alma 50: 19-22…Wicked brings War upon themselves, and the righteous survive
• 2 Nephi 5:25…Those who’ve forgotten God will remember him during the destruction
• Helaman 16:17-22…Satan causes wars by spreading rumors & contentions to stir up hearts
• “No country has shed more of its own blood for the freedom of other people than America.” Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown (Blehm, Eric) page 234
•  “Adam was a protector and a defender, and his individual actions reflect the same purpose that is at the core of the actions of this country; a country that Adam loved dearly. No country has shed more of its own blood for the freedom of other people than America. One need only takes a glance at recent history to see the proof of this. America turned the tide in World War II and defeated the murderous regimes of Nazi Germany and Imperialist Japan. America stood to watch up on the walls of the Western World for the long years of the Cold War, and ultimately defeated communism, whose menace was responsible for the deaths of untold millions. And who is doing the heavy lifting now, in civilization’s current struggle with fundamentalist Islamic jihad? America. “This fight is every bit as significant as the struggles against the fascism of the Third Reich and the murderous communism of the Soviet Union. All of these ideologies share a common thread: an utter lack of respect for the dignity of individual human life. And it is precisely that respect for individual human dignity that characterizes our Constitution and our willingness to help those who cannot defend themselves. “Ultimately this is more than just a fight between America and the Taliban or al Qaeda, just as World War II was more than just the Allies versus the Axis. This is a struggle between the forces that would protect and nourish human dignity and freedom and those that would destroy it. Adam Brown was a part of that struggle. It is a struggle that is of eternal significance, and Adam’s contribution to it is of eternal significance.”  Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown
•  “And to Adam’s brothers in arms: Today we mourn the passing of our brother and we celebrate his life and the example he set for us. Tomorrow, we avenge him. Today we honor the passing of Adam’s unconquerable soul into the eternal glory of Christ Jesus and into the halls of Valhalla; tomorrow, we dispatch the souls of Adam’s enemies to the hell that surely awaits them. Tomorrow, we bring that hell to their doorstep. “Long live the brotherhood.” Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown (Blehm, Eric) page 236
• “Janice and Larry ultimately remain firm in their belief that Adam’s death, like his life, is part of God’s plan. “We were faced with some tough decisions,” says Larry. “Are we going to abandon our faith or apply our faith? Allow our grief to make us bitter, or allow God to use that grief to make us better? How are we going to live so that our Lord and Adam are honored by our lives while we wait to join them in heaven?”  Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown (Blehm, Eric) page 245
• “The purpose of war, as Patton put it, is to make the other dumb bastard die.”  American Sniper: Memorial Edition (Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, and Jim DeFelice) Page 84
• “AT ANOTHER LOCATION, WE FOUND BARRELS OF CHEMICAL material that was intended for use as biochemical weapons. Everyone talks about there being no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but they seem to be referring to completed nuclear bombs, not the many deadly chemical weapons or precursors that Saddam had stockpiled.”  American Sniper: Memorial Edition (Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, and Jim DeFelice) Page 88
• “It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes, a principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.”– Thomas Jefferson
• “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”– Thomas Jefferson
• “By Victor Davis Hanson Until the millennium arrives and countries cease trying to enslave others, it will be necessary to accept one’s responsibilities and to be willing to make sacrifices for one’s country—as my comrades did. As the troops used to say, “If the country is good enough to live in, it’s good enough to fight for.” With privilege goes responsibility.”  With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa (E.B. Sledge)- Page 1
• “When the real history of mankind is fully disclosed, will it feature the echoes of gunfire or the shaping sound of lullabies? The great armistices made by military men or the peacemaking of women in homes and in neighborhoods? Will what happened in cradles and kitchens prove to be more controlling than what happened in congresses?”  (Neal A. Maxwell, Ensign, May 1987, 10-11)
• January 27th to January 29th in Clinton Brown Mission Journal – Peru and Ecuador begin a war, causing the North Americans to be evacuated at 3 am to Banos while the Latinos were to stay in their homes.  According to Ecuadorian law, any young man born between 1971 and 1975 could be grabbed off the street, head shaved, and sent to war.  The government asked all young men in this age group to report to go to war with Peru.  Elder De La Vera, who was with us in Banos, went to Ambato to report.  During Sacrament meeting that day, he came back with everything fine.  My companion, Elder Zambrano, went to report at the Military Base in Shell.  When he reported, he was speaking with Vega Valencia, who is a man we were teaching the discussions to.  Of course, Vega Valencia let Zambrano go back to the Mission and not have to go to war.
• “We wish to be remembered. Willing to die, we are not willing to be forgotten.” (Joshua Lawrence Chamberlaine, Memorial Day Address, 1884)
• “Stand firm ye boys from Maine. For not once in a century are men permitted to bear such responsibilities for freedom and justice; for God and humanity is now placed upon you.” (Joshua Lawrence Chamberlaine, Witness to Gettysburg [1987], 195)
• “Lieutenant Nelson also learned something else: that foxholes invite serious introspection. One evening the M.A.S.H. unit where he was working came under attack. He and Dr. Simeone shared a foxhole for most of the night. “Dr. Simeone, devout Catholic, and I, a devout Latter-Day saint, prayed unitedly in our foxhole that our lives might be preserved,” he recalled. Lieutenant Nelson later reflected later how much it meant to face life-threatening danger with a man of faith whose beliefs may have differed from his but looked to the same Source for comfort and strength. Their combined faith was a boon to both that stressful night,” Insights from a Prophet’s Life: Russell M. Nelson, Page 42