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What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and
friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us
in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for
our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world.
- Robert E Lee

9.00 a.m. 29th January 2010

Quote from BBC News 2 hours ago: "Tony Blair to tell the Iraq War Chilcot Enquiry: "war stopped Saddam building WMDsý" - In the most eagerly awaited session of the Chilcot inquiry so far, Blair will insist that he acted in good faith throughout, but acknowledge that the ..."
My question is: How is it that, ahead of his appearance at the Enquiry in half an hour's time, the questions the panel will put to Blair AND HIS ANSWERS are already known?
My answer is: Because it would seem that the agenda of the Chilcot Enquiry  to remove any possibility of those involved in making that dreadful decision of standing trial for genocide.

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9th November 2009

Whilst everyone up here was proundly wearing their red poppy Cally and I wore white poppies which attracted some supportive comments in Tescos etc. We also placed a white poppy plaque at the Forres war memorial (well after the ceremonial stuff was over)

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12th September 2009 to harley@harleymiller.com

Hi

My name is Lana and I was posted to Fort George for 3 years,I have in vain been looking for a print of the barracks and especially interested in the picture showed on this site http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/nairn/fortgeorge/.

Would you be able to do such a drawing and what price tag would i be looking at, I want it 50cmx50cm.

Many thanks

Lana

13th September  from Harley Miller

Hello Lana

Thanks for your kind enquiry. I have done a little background research and have come across your statement "as I am a single parent and one in the army, I am sometimes called without warning".  I'm afraid that I would be compromising my ethical stance on people who chose a career involving the killing of others if I were to accept your commission.

Regards

Harley.

13th September from Lana

Mam,

Thank you very much for your reply Harley. Not only have I never killed anybody, I do believe that as a Christian it is my duty to protect other Christian against evil Muslims that kill even their own kind to dominate the world. The crusades were the beginning and the bible did state that the uprising will begin once again in the Middle East. It is a sad state when British Citizens choose to treat people whom defend Gods Will and their nation with such disgust.

Hopefully someday you will realise the error in your views.

13th September from Harley

Lana

Your statement, as a serving soldier, confirms my very worst suspicions of the agenda of the British Armed Forces and deserves spreading widely through the media, which I shall delight in doing within the next 24hours unless you care to consider the implications and wish to retract or revise them.

Regards

Harley

14th September from Lana

Ma'am

I am a nurse and I fix all injured people so i am a non-combattian, in fact I believe we are their to help the good people whom are not extremist muslims who help the woman, children and men that are under dictatorship from the Taliban. You have to be their to understand it.

Do what you like Ma'am, it is you who are the people who desgrace the dead soldiers, each one to his own opinion, but I believe we are helping and so does some of my friend whom are Muslims. Threaten me as much as you like, I am out of the army in 3 months to do civilian charity work in Africa as a nurse so I really cant be bothered with your trying to lobbying your political views on me and might I add the British soldiers follow something called the Law of Armed Conflict which means we do not shoot until attacked -selfdefence. Myself and a lot of soldiers dont want to see any of the people hurt and we feel for every innocent whom gets injured though callous attacks by the Taliban.

The agenda of the British Armed Forces is to serve and to protect not to kill - PEACE KEEPING MADAM. More than we can say about the taliban.

A simple no for the drawing would have done without the attack.

I hope this explains my point of view better as I was a little bit angered by the wild accusation of me being a 'killer', I always do unto others as I want done onto myself and I believe the Muslims we defend as well as our Country and our Christian values (especially mine) makes me a better person.

I do however think you are a fantastic artist and I will not reply to any further emails by yourself.

14th September from Harley

Hello Lana

I was very pleased to have your response and learn of your personal agenda for life. If we can learn to respect each other and celebrate each other's personal achievements then perhaps together we are making a small personal contribution to the ending of the agressive social and religious thought forms which can invariably lead to armed group conflict.

I am delighted to learn that you are leaving the army in 3 months to do civilian charity work in Africa as a nurse. Well done! and I sincerely wish you a happy and fulfilling life there.

Thank you for your generous comments regarding my artwork. I am male by the way although appreciate my name might not clearly indicate that. Is you nice-sounding Lana a South African name?

Kind regards

Harley

14th September from Lana

Sir

Many thanks and my apologies I did not mean to offend you, I meant that I believe the world is so wicked that the end must be near as the Bible says. I just very inadequate in putting my words to writing. I have emence respect for you as you stand your ground and you are so correct in my name my father named me that after the Battle of Lana. And sorry for the wrong labeling of your name it is so lovely.

Thank you very much for the good wishes and I hope to help lots of people and make the world a better place so all people can live in harmony.

Kind Regards

Lana

PS: I abosulutely adore Scotland and will aim to live in the Highlands on my retirement after my 3 year charity work for the Lord. Just checked my emails and I have a bit of 'hatemail', will it please be possible to remove my inadequate writing skill essay to yourself?

14th September from Harley

Hi Lana

Yes I agree, let's "make the world a better place so all people can live in harmony" - I say a really big AMEN to that!

Don't worry too much about the end of the world because you and I are showing what can be done to make it better - how did we do it? We connected heart to heart rather than head to head! Sorry to hear about the hate mail - that's not nice and I've removed your address from my web blog page any reference to our exchanges as you requested.

Lana - you are named after a battle and I'm named after a street in London which for me equals"conflict and healing" Perhaps we would make a good team.

My thoughts are with you as are my good wishes.

Harley

15th September from Lana

Dont worry, think I deserved it for being so hot headed.

Do you drink wine? My sis works for Origin Wine and they make Fairhills and Stormhoek.  I get loads free - so would like to send you some. Red, white or rose?

You are a superstar.

16th September from Harley

That's a really sweet generous thought Lana, thank you and do please bring a bottle (or two) with you if ever you visit. How would you respond to the idea that we each light a candle, say tomorrow morning, to symbolise the potential for peaceful reconciliation between all people and nations?

23rd August 2009

29th May 2009

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