Peace Network of the Ozarks had an opportunity on May 29, 2007, to sit and talk directly with Veterans For Peace, an organization that is obvious in its title. VFP is a fairly strong organization in the larger cities of Missouri, St Louis and Kansas City, and throughout America, but they are not in the Ozarks just yet.

Veterans for Peace is interested in starting an Ozarks chapter and collaborating in the local peace effort. As a veteran myself, and as are others in PNO, we are interested in assisting Veterans For Peace whatever way we can to introduce the organization to the Ozarks.

Just as a bit of an explanation, ordinarily PNO stays pretty close to its own task and efforts in the course of promoting an attitude of being pro-peace within our own mission statement. We do, however, enjoy networking with other organizations that are like-minded in the cause, and we naturally do make friendships that are valued highly as friends of peace.

If you are a veteran or if you know anyone who is a veteran that would be interested in the cause of peace, we would like to hear from you by sending an email here. We will protect the contact carefully and forward the name to a VFP representative.

With a national headquarters in St. Louis, Veterans for Peace was founded in 1985, as a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization. It draws on its members' "personal experiences and perspectives gained as veterans to raise public awareness of the true costs and consequences of militarism and war - and to seek peaceful, effective alternatives."

At the Memorial Day Ceremony at the Springfield National Cemetery to honor those who have fallen, I remember thinking as that solemn horn was blowing that as we just stand here while a contrived war for the sake of profit and oil is ongoing... 10 more young lives are falling today. Conscientious Veterans recognize that more than almost anyone, besides those with family members who are currently caught up in the immoral Iraq War.

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