In America, Veteran’s Day has become as much about honouring those who risked (and sacrificed) their lives “to defend our freedoms” as Christmas Day is about celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. (And we all know how politically incorrect it is now to display Nativity Scenes or even inscribe the name of Christ in Christmas….)
Hence, for anyone who thinks the march to war in Iraq was sheer folly (or politically contrived), the Veteran’s Day speech President Bush delivered yesterday must have been especially galling. Because he did not honour veterans so much as recite political talkings points to justify why over 2000 more dead and tens of thousands of walking wounded have been added to the ranks of America’s war veterans under his leadership; and why many others are bound to follow….
Thank you for your service soldier…See you at the Army / Navy game, eh?
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Anonymous says
Why is it that no one can speak against the methods used to derive the inteligance that got us into this war?
Are they going to tell the Democrats that they can’t say that and if they do say it it’s undemocratic and against everything this country stands for (sound familiar) and then the Democrats will crawl into a hole and put their tales between their legs and loose their vocal chords; like they did after 9/11?
Noel
Anonymous says
i have to give it to the Bush administration. they have managed to checkmate just about every critic with the war effort in iraq. they have labeled all critics with the tag of “unpatriotic” for questioning anything related to post-9/11 policy. as a result, until recently, they have had nearly a free pass to reshape the country as they see fit.
tune into state (republican) tv, FNC, for the latest in fair and balanced spin……