Memorial Day, 2005
Memorial Day is now the official kick-off to summer with long waits at the Bay Bridge for the trek to Ocean City. How long will the wait be for the more than 1,600 U.S. men and women killed in Iraq? Will the 20,000 U.S. soldiers who have lost eyes, arms, and legs enjoy the beaches like they used to do?
I was just listening to Senator Chris Dodd speaking on Fox News with one of the conservative talking heads. Mr. Dodd was being asked why his committee needed certain information regarding John Bolton before voting for confirmation. Mr. Dodd said that we (the USA) was misguided (this means "lied to") when we were told of the weapons of mass destruction being present in Iraq and this was the main reason the Congress voted along with the President to go to war in Iraq. It is now a known fact this was a lie and was cooked up by people like Bolton on the orders of the White House. Bolton tried to have analysts fired when they would not go along with saying that Syria now had weapons of mass destruction – so it would be an easy step for the US to invade Syria. Is this the kind of person the US needs as Ambassador to the United Nations? I think not!
Memorial Day is a day of remembering the fallen soldiers, sailors, and Marines of the country. It should also be a day to remember the reasons the USA has participated in wars over the many years of our history. Reflections of the cold, black granite walls of the Vietnam Wall and of the polished stone of the Korean War Monument in Washington, DC show the smooth faces of youths that were not given the chance to become old and wrinkled with time. We need all work to see that there will not be a need for future war memorials in our country.
posted by Ex-Fed @ 3:24 PM
1 Comments:
Like your post and point.
KOB
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