The Wall

maybe a mosque?




wait, what

I have mentioned before, Dys, that I was one of the lucky ones who was able to put VN in a box, put it on a shelf and move on.
I get up to D.C. a few times a year to go to museums and galleries. D.C. is only 2 hours from Cville.
I tried to go to the VN Memorial a couple of times years ago but could never make the last 100 yards. Back then, and perhaps even now, there are veterans who patrol the perimeter watching out for people like me. They will walk you in if that is what you want to do.
The so-called big news today is the withdrawal of the last combat troops from Iraq. Total bullshit. 4400 Americans killed, 32000 physically wounded and then there are those with no physical scars but who suffered a lot of damage.
And there will be more.

yeah.

Stop with the silly regrets already. We all should be looking forward to the next war. What's a measly 4000 US dead, 100,000 or so dead Iraqis.

Think of the profits that were made.

Think about what stocks you want to be holding for the next big event.

Think about how these really trivial numbers of expendable humans make it possible for 2 million people who count to stay employed at the DoD.

It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood ... ta da ta da da da da da.

Many of these troops will be sent to Afghanistan. It ain't over til it's over.

I fear it's only just begun.

and when the ground war starts in Iran, oh boy

Who's that fella that slept for, like forever?

"only just begun"??!

Wakee wakee.

Me too.

On another note, the vietnam memorial is tremendous. I'm not a vet, but I can just imagine, and understand your hundred yards thing, johnboy.
I didn't know about the vets being around helping out in that way. That's good to hear.

I don't see a war in the near future in Iran. Of course, I didn't expect anything as looney as the war in Iraq.

I am not as sanguine as you about that, Edgar. The Iranian government strikes me as having only a tenuous grip on power within the country. And Israel will not tolerate a neighbor like Iran with nuke potential.
But I am perhaps drifting from the theme of Dys' original post.
I'll be quiet.

my original post is dead and gone, it was a momentary lapse of reason, I meant to say something about how I felt seeing the troops coming home while at the same time remembering the past. can't really post feelings like that on a forum nor even speak of them in a quiet room with a friend. I need to close that door I opened in error.

I made it to the wall.

More often than not I can't get the door open. Got my own particular problems with the handle.

just finding a door is more than most do, most days I'd settle for a window.

I saw the wall. I passed near by the wall and peered at it. I had a hard time approaching the wall. And I was just a kid when that war ended.

I when encourage the Congress to support the Veterans Administration to the fullest extent.

I suppose one could volunteer to help our fellow veterans adjust to the civilian life when they muster out from the service.

Help a veteran find a job or utilize his or her benefits. ETc....

Or volunteer at a VA hospital...?

That's always an option.