On Nightline tonite, Ted Koppel will be reading the names of all the US soldiers killed in the Iraq war. For 30 minutes, more than 700 names will be read. I’m all for it, but why don’t we follow it up? We could watch a day and a half worth of Nightline to account for the 58,000+ Vietnam dead, and then we could watch 12 days of World War 2 dead.
Somebody better get Mr. Koppel a glass of water.
But really, I don’t know what concerns me more: the fight to name the dead, or the fight to make them remain nameless.
two nights ago. in my fair home of grand island.
on the street there were 6-10 people with antiwar protest signs.
stating that “education is more important than occupation”
and “bring our boys home they don’t want to be there”
last i checked the war effort isn’t taking schoolchildren, and our army is 100% volunteer.
it just saddened me that GI, a community that 14 days prior, lost a native son to the thing they were protesting.
it’s funny tho, i’m betting the people w/ the protest signs, were the same people with the antiwar signs when our boys were in saigon.
im thinking that they were referring to all of the money being spent on occupation rather than education.
and don’t people sometimes volunteer to be a part of something and then find out that they don’t trust who is in charge of the organization? not saying that they often need to still fill their obligations, but they might not be as for it as they used to be.
maybe they were protesting because they didn’t want to lose another native to this cause.
i’d also be of the impression that they may have been protesting *because* GI’s “native son” died.
though i don’t like your argument of disenchantment among volunteers jessica, i understand it. i think that if someone were volunteering for something like the military that they should have a very clear understanding of what that could ultimately happen to them. death, dismemberment, what have you. but there’s also the fact that no organization is perfect, and that some pretty vile things can end up happening even amongst the supposed discipline of the military.
i don’t think i need to cite an example.
anyway, i don’t know why i’m bothering to comment, as it’s at the end of the page and no one will read this anyway.
i read it.
(reason for a message board format maybe?)
and my argument wasnt too terribly strong, i was just wanting to get the first basic point out that came to mind. and anything else i seem to type out right now is quite worthless.
i know what you mean about writing crap. my whole week’s been that way. lucky i’m not paid for what i say.