These was a story in today's paper about the Canadian soldier who died in Afghanistan for "non-combat" reasons.

When asked about it, the chaplain said he would only talk about the living "...who are doing an important job."

Okay. let the dead bury the dead. Fair enough.

But if the chaplain is convinced they are doing an important and necessary job, then he is choosing sides. That, too, is fair enough. But if that is his feeling, shouldn't he have had the integrity to sign up to serve as a soldier?