Posted on 08/04/2017 10:33:03 AM PDT by Brilliant
Lawmakers on Thursday gave final approval to the idea of a Global War on Terror memorial, clearing the path for what is expected to be a years-long process of designing and building a tribute to the latest generation of veterans.
In wrap-up work before their summer recess, senators unanimously approved legislation that would allow planning of the memorial to begin immediately, instead of the normally mandated 10-year wait period after the end of a military conflict.
Supporters have argued that because the ongoing “war on terror” is open-ended, it could take decades before an official end is declared. By then, they worry, a generation of warfighters may have already died without seeing a tribute to their service.
“This memorial will be wholly dedicated to our 7,000 brothers and sisters who deployed with us but did not return, and their survivors,” said Andrew Brennan, founder and executive director of the Global War on Terror Memorial Foundation. “It is dedicated to the 1 million wounded warriors who are reclaiming their lives back here at home...
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NO, use the money on those who served and suffer to this day.
Besides, its just one more place for the Leftists to deface.. and for politicians&activists to grandstand.
jmho
Congress is the most useless gathering of corrupt politicians ever.
Fire them all (with a few exceptions).
Get freedom-loving, America-loving, non-politicians in their to drain the Deep State Swamp.
It will probably be in the shape of a crescent.
Just like the Shanksville PA memorial.
Islam is at war with us and we are fighting Global Terror.
It will never end.
Better win that war before memorializing it.
Not yet it isn't, but give it a few months. If there's human figures planned for any statue, the finished product will include members of the LGBT community, or even muzzies. Some a-hole will file suit to be included in the memorial representation, and the liberal courts will give them their way.
Approving memorials is apparently much easier for Congress than doing actual work.
Why? War is not over yet. How about we win it first?
I agree. The sentiment might be noble, but the money can be better used elsewhere.
Ah yes, America is going to hell in a hand-baskets, so we needs some touchy-freely legislation. Why don’t these assholes do something significant and rip out Obamacare and convict D.C. criminals.
Here is the solution.
Make it like the Vietnam War Memorial, that is, a wall. Dedicate each tenth of a mile to one fallen "brother and sister," and build it on the southern border.
-PJ
Why are they wasting their time and our money on some insipid virtue signaling memorial. I’m sure there won’t be one single reference as to what is the source of this “global terrorism.
Squirrel!
Finish the war before you memorialize it. Oe make it reflect reality. Make a giant Granite Briefcase full of cash, and a Saudi a Democrat and a republican shaking hands.
As they stand on the backs of soldiers
They're just following the U.K.'s lead on this subject.
*spit*
BTT!
Why is it not a Repel Jihad Memorial.
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