R
Raymond
Guest
Is it time to build another war memorial to the dead from Iraq?
Soldiers who died in service to their country during wartime deserve
to be honored for their ultimate sacrifice, So, will we
build another and another memorial to these sacrificed men and women
in our capital until we run out of space to build
memorials.? For sure, we will not run out of wars for the Empire's
expansion.
Are we ready to have another contest for the Iraq wall to the dead?
Or, is there room enough to extend the Vietnam
Memorial wall and just add thousands of names?
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a national war memorial located in
Washington, D.C., that honors members of the U.S. armed forces who
fought in the Vietnam War and who died in service or are still
unaccounted for.
Its construction and related issues have been the source of numerous
controversies, some of which have resulted in additions to the
memorial complex. The memorial currently consists of three separate
parts: the Three Soldiers statue, the Vietnam Women's Memorial, and
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, which is the most recognized part
of the memorial.
The main part of the memorial was completed in 1982 and is located in
Constitution Gardens adjacent to the National Mall, just northeast of
the Lincoln Memorial. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is maintained by
the U.S. National Park Service, and receives around 3 million visitors
each year. The Memorial Wall was designed by U.S. architect Maya Lin.
The typesetting was performed by Datalantic in Atlanta, Georgia.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Defend The Flag
The wall is full with names of sons
That lost their lives to foreign guns.
Who's to blame? "We're not the ones."
And with these words each leader runs.
Who are these men we pick to lead
That waste our youth and make them bleed?
These must be men of awful need
That can commit this dreadful deed.
These wretched men who live to lie
Are not the ones that fight and die.
They cause this woe and merely sigh
While mother's hearts are made to cry.
"Defend the flag-this is the way."
We never question what they say.
But pain and death will end the day
And in the earth our children lay.
We ask our youth their lives to lend
While our leaders strut and spend.
It's off to Hell these leaders send
Then this madness just might end.
by.Raymond
There's a graveyard in northern France where all the dead boys from D-
Day are buried. The white crosses reach from one horizon to the
other. I remember looking it over and thinking it was a forest of
graves. But the rows were like this, dizzying, diagonal, perfectly
straight, so after all it wasn't a forest but an orchard of graves.
Nothing to do with nature, unless you count human nature.
~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
Soldiers who died in service to their country during wartime deserve
to be honored for their ultimate sacrifice, So, will we
build another and another memorial to these sacrificed men and women
in our capital until we run out of space to build
memorials.? For sure, we will not run out of wars for the Empire's
expansion.
Are we ready to have another contest for the Iraq wall to the dead?
Or, is there room enough to extend the Vietnam
Memorial wall and just add thousands of names?
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a national war memorial located in
Washington, D.C., that honors members of the U.S. armed forces who
fought in the Vietnam War and who died in service or are still
unaccounted for.
Its construction and related issues have been the source of numerous
controversies, some of which have resulted in additions to the
memorial complex. The memorial currently consists of three separate
parts: the Three Soldiers statue, the Vietnam Women's Memorial, and
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, which is the most recognized part
of the memorial.
The main part of the memorial was completed in 1982 and is located in
Constitution Gardens adjacent to the National Mall, just northeast of
the Lincoln Memorial. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is maintained by
the U.S. National Park Service, and receives around 3 million visitors
each year. The Memorial Wall was designed by U.S. architect Maya Lin.
The typesetting was performed by Datalantic in Atlanta, Georgia.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Defend The Flag
The wall is full with names of sons
That lost their lives to foreign guns.
Who's to blame? "We're not the ones."
And with these words each leader runs.
Who are these men we pick to lead
That waste our youth and make them bleed?
These must be men of awful need
That can commit this dreadful deed.
These wretched men who live to lie
Are not the ones that fight and die.
They cause this woe and merely sigh
While mother's hearts are made to cry.
"Defend the flag-this is the way."
We never question what they say.
But pain and death will end the day
And in the earth our children lay.
We ask our youth their lives to lend
While our leaders strut and spend.
It's off to Hell these leaders send
Then this madness just might end.
by.Raymond
There's a graveyard in northern France where all the dead boys from D-
Day are buried. The white crosses reach from one horizon to the
other. I remember looking it over and thinking it was a forest of
graves. But the rows were like this, dizzying, diagonal, perfectly
straight, so after all it wasn't a forest but an orchard of graves.
Nothing to do with nature, unless you count human nature.
~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams