[willyboyishere]

There are some good points in this article,and while I can't surmise the complexities attending the decision making process as to whether to attend or not attend funerals, I would like indeed to see an official and sincere day of mourning for the dead in Iraq. We dragged through ten solid years of Vietnam without ever being able to "let it out" except in our own private ways. Every government should accept that it is always THEIR decisions that put soldiers in harm's way and cost lives.

[willyboyishere]

Whoops! I was thinking the article was by Seymour Hersh, not Schanberg.

[WOSG]

We dragged through ten solid years of Vietnam without ever being able to "let it out" except in our own private ways.

HUH?!? I am too young to remember, but these Vietnam soldiers who died were NEVER MENTIONED DURING MEMORIAL DAY services?!?! I find that hard to believe, but interesting if true. Got evidence or a source for this remarkable claim?