Point taken. Until today I was unaware of the motive for the memorial, and have passed it many times on the freeway. I thought it was a beautiful but solemn visual image, and appreciated that someone cared enough about the troops to put it up, but now that you've put it in context I'll reconsider. Much of this county was Pombo's district until recently, and I didn't think a memorial with any overt political message could have been erected here, but I just moved here.
The anti-war nuts started doing this at Cindy Shehan's Camp Casey near the President's ranch. They put the names of fallen soldiers on the crosses without permission from the families. It was very hurtful to those families. They are still using this tactic and it is still hurting the families.