LIke the movie of that title, we also were soldiers.
We were soldiers serving a religion.
Like the Vietnam war soldiers many of us suffered and some of us paid the ultimate price.
Like the Vietnam war soldiers we also were left without good leadership.
Like the Vietnam war soldier we leave bitter, we leave hurt and betrayed.
LIke the Vietnam war soldier we will never forget.
Like the Vietnam war soldiers I pay tribute to those fellow "soldiers" who died for what was not their own decision or cause, but only the desire of the men whom they trusted.
Like the Vietnam war soldier I remember the friends who went to prison, the friends who died for the blood issue, the friends who died for the non-transplant policy, the friends in Malawi who died because they did not accept a political card, the friends who died in German concentration camps, the friends who were raped and tortured, the friends who spent their very being in behalf of a cause that abandoned them, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
Yes, we were soldiers! We were soldiers in the religious equivalent of the Vietnam War. We were soldiers who served and died for a lost cause.
In the movie "We Were Soldiers" the commander tells his men he will not leave any behind, even the dead will not be left behind! The Watchtower on the other hand leaves many dead and living behind and never looks back.
This is why they will not succeed. This is why they will crumble.
IW