Unfortunate irony

[kinzel]

Historically, Waterville has a parade to honor veterans and those
who fell while serving.

This year, one group of veterans has been arrested for protesting a display of small
white flags denoting those American soldiers who have died in Iraq.

This is across the river from Winslow, the town that wouldn't allow a peace demonstration on the 4th of July while the fighter jets thundered overhead.

I wonder if the veterans want us not to understand that American soldiers are dying on the President's order?

Comments

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

As a veteran, I have to say that this objection bugs the hell out of me. What's Veterans' Day for, if not to remember those who died...?

[not-croaker.livejournal.com]

It's not the memorial they were protesting, it's the attitude behind it. The statement that their deaths were wasted and worthless and that their cause was wrong.

This deserves protesting.

Irac

[(Anonymous)]

I will never understand the Others. I really do live in the borderlands. My half-brother is in Irac. My dad, my stepmother, and even my brother know his job as a solider is to follow orders. We all also know that if he dies in Irac it is for a worthless cause, a wasteful cause, and an obscene war. If those of us with family in the military don't speak out, who will listen?

Kelly in
TC, CA