I recall a few of those heroes from my high school years...Fall 1966 to Spring 1969. Brave souls lost in another one of America’s lost, worthless wars. The anti-war crowd had it right.
And, we’ve learned nothing.
I look at all the men who have died in the world wars and everything since then. I look at today and think what for?
We would have been better served by having them alive productive and fecund.
> Brave souls lost in another one of America’s lost, worthless wars. <
The Founders wisely gave Congress, and not the president, the power to declare war. But since the end of WW II Congress has shirked its responsibility. Instead they pass open-ended resolutions and authorizations. It’s disgraceful.
If it is so critical to go to war, vote to declare war. Otherwise no war.
> The anti-war crowd had it right. <
Cassius Clay refused to be drafted for Vietnam. “I ain’t got no quarrel with those Vietcong,” he said. He said nothing disrespectful about those who served. He just did not see a good reason for the war.
The older I get, the more I think he was correct.