Very noble gesture though dampened by the fact that this occurs during the regime of a master Vietnam draft evader who mocks war heroes killed, wounded or captured anywhere, including John McCain who endured the torments of the damned in the Hanoi Hilton.To allow Trump and his worshippers any pretense to make common cause with those who mark this 50th anniverary in their hearts and souls and who mourn the fallen whose names are on the Wall is beyond imagining.
I'm glad you brought this up, Frank, for as I stood facing the Capitol building on the day after the Veterans Day ceremonies at the Wall last year, I nearly wept. Was I really going to order a flag to be flown over this building which would soon be occupied (I do not use the word loosely) by those who could not ever, in any corner of their hearts or minds, be allied with those who suffered through and from the Vietnam Era. I was sorely tempted to gut my plans; it would have been easier.
Very noble gesture though dampened by the fact that this occurs during the regime of a master Vietnam draft evader who mocks war heroes killed, wounded or captured anywhere, including John McCain who endured the torments of the damned in the Hanoi Hilton.To allow Trump and his worshippers any pretense to make common cause with those who mark this 50th anniverary in their hearts and souls and who mourn the fallen whose names are on the Wall is beyond imagining.
I'm glad you brought this up, Frank, for as I stood facing the Capitol building on the day after the Veterans Day ceremonies at the Wall last year, I nearly wept. Was I really going to order a flag to be flown over this building which would soon be occupied (I do not use the word loosely) by those who could not ever, in any corner of their hearts or minds, be allied with those who suffered through and from the Vietnam Era. I was sorely tempted to gut my plans; it would have been easier.