You can't even imagine the sacrifices they make for you, me, the rest of America
Actually that isn't true. An entire half of my extended family died fighting in WWII, and then my grandmother fell into a state of dementia (or insanity- whatever you want to call it) in dealing with the trauma, which ultimately resulted in her diagnosis and treatment with shock therapy and what we (in the family) think might have been a labotomy in the 50s. This was all a direct result of sacrifices my family members made, for a just and worthwhile war in the 40s. Fighting and dying, and killing others to make a worldwide situation worse (much worse) just because some inept leader said to do so is not an act of heroism. Now I realize a lot of people have no choice, due to their economic situation or due to a draft in the case of vietnam. And those folks should never feel that their sacrifices were in any way wrong, but is it heroism to execute a war and voilate the 50-year old Geneva accords because Rumsfeld says so? Not in my mind, I know whats right and wrong do those following Rumsfeld's "lead" know that? I know what I thought about the role those soldiers had at the Abu Grabe (sp?) prison and it SURE wasn't heroism. And those that call it that are part of the problem.
PS I always wondered what connections that "private Ryan" family had to the government. One branch of my family lost a mother (nurse), 2 sons and a daughter in WWII, leaving only the father and a 4 year old, and then another side which is where my Grandmother was lost ALL adult age children. There was a ton of that in WWII, whole families wiped out especially the sailors fighting the Japanese, and for some reason the saving private Ryan situation was singled out... I don't know why (not saying there was anything wrong with Saving Pvt Ryan, just wondering why that family and not ours) |
