Thank-you William Joseph “Phil” Phillips U.S. Navy WW II POW Pacific front, George “Skinny” Blackmon U.S. Army WW II fought in the battle of Anzio, and Thomas Alva “Sonny” Phillips U.S. Navy Vietnam veteran, and all other veterans who has served the great country.
We Were Called to Sacrifice as a Nation. We Didn’t Answer. By Margaret Renkl — Young men of my father’s generation grew up during wartime and generally expected to serve when their turn came. No generation since has felt the same way. For some service members’ families, Memorial Day is truly a time for remembrance and fresh grief, but it has been decades now since those profound losses were felt in every community, by nearly every family. In short, the coronavirus pandemic became a perfect illustration of James’s “moral equivalent of war.” We weren’t fighting a human enemy, but we were fighting for our lives even so. This national calamity, this invasion by a destructive and unstoppable force, was our chance to come together across every possible division. We could finally remember how to sacrifice on behalf of our fellow Americans, how to mourn together the unfathomable losses — not just of life but of security, camaraderie, the capacity for hope. Plenty of Americans — essential workers, first responders, hospital staff, teachers and many others — lost their lives because they made such sacrifices. If Vietnam exploded the unquestioned commitment to national service, the coronavirus pandemic should have been the very thing to bring it back.
That it did exactly the opposite tells us something about who we are as human beings, and who we are as a nation. There is more to mourn today than I ever understood before. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/30/opinion/memorial-day-covid-national-service.html
“[F]rom these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain. . .” Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (November 19, 1863).
One of the things that happened on Jan.6, that seldom has been brought up in the aftermath: The SCUM that pulled the AMERICAN flag down from the Capitol Dome, then replaced it with that of their traitorous leader. Does anyone remember why those flag are replaced several times a day ?
LookingGlass Premium Member over 3 years ago
All gave some — some gave ALL!!
E-7, USAF, (Ret)…
braindead Premium Member over 3 years ago
… and one had bone spurs.
jmworacle over 3 years ago
Thank-you William Joseph “Phil” Phillips U.S. Navy WW II POW Pacific front, George “Skinny” Blackmon U.S. Army WW II fought in the battle of Anzio, and Thomas Alva “Sonny” Phillips U.S. Navy Vietnam veteran, and all other veterans who has served the great country.
William Robbins Premium Member over 3 years ago
We Were Called to Sacrifice as a Nation. We Didn’t Answer. By Margaret Renkl — Young men of my father’s generation grew up during wartime and generally expected to serve when their turn came. No generation since has felt the same way. For some service members’ families, Memorial Day is truly a time for remembrance and fresh grief, but it has been decades now since those profound losses were felt in every community, by nearly every family. In short, the coronavirus pandemic became a perfect illustration of James’s “moral equivalent of war.” We weren’t fighting a human enemy, but we were fighting for our lives even so. This national calamity, this invasion by a destructive and unstoppable force, was our chance to come together across every possible division. We could finally remember how to sacrifice on behalf of our fellow Americans, how to mourn together the unfathomable losses — not just of life but of security, camaraderie, the capacity for hope. Plenty of Americans — essential workers, first responders, hospital staff, teachers and many others — lost their lives because they made such sacrifices. If Vietnam exploded the unquestioned commitment to national service, the coronavirus pandemic should have been the very thing to bring it back.
That it did exactly the opposite tells us something about who we are as human beings, and who we are as a nation. There is more to mourn today than I ever understood before. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/30/opinion/memorial-day-covid-national-service.html
Bookworm over 3 years ago
“[F]rom these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain. . .” Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (November 19, 1863).
christelisbetty over 3 years ago
One of the things that happened on Jan.6, that seldom has been brought up in the aftermath: The SCUM that pulled the AMERICAN flag down from the Capitol Dome, then replaced it with that of their traitorous leader. Does anyone remember why those flag are replaced several times a day ?
nosirrom over 3 years ago
I wish I didn’t have to thank them. That they could have lived a prosperous life. May their numbers not grow.
Kip W over 3 years ago
Here’s to the uncle I’m partly named for, killed in training, 1943.
The Love of Money is . . . over 3 years ago
“Least we forget” . . . . the bone spurs belonged to somebody else.
pamela welch Premium Member over 3 years ago
Nice one, Scott ♥
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 3 years ago
And most of the wars after WW2 had nothing to do with defense and more of imperial offense.
Truth Seeker over 3 years ago
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