War will cost thousands of lives

To the editor:

What a marvelous weekend this has been! Warm at last. Purple crocuses in bloom and daffodils up. I played with my grandson.

And thousands of people are about to die.

I sang and danced with the nicest folks you could meet. I ate delicious Thai curry and drank a good Irish ale.

And thousands of people are about to die.

Friends — family, really — came from around the country. Life was good. Life was intensely precious.

And we are about to waste thousands and thousands of lives.

That’s all I have to say.

Joe Douglas,

Lawrence