I'm Angry, Ashamed and Proud

Normally, I try to stay away from politics as I would rather focus on more important things in life.

However, the closing of open memorials and monuments, especially those dedicated to our veteran heroes, has been one of the stupidest, most insensitive decisions I have ever seen. Setting up barricades to keep dying World War II veterans from visiting THEIR memorial to honor their fallen comrades is wrong on so many levels.

These memorials and monuments belong to WE THE PEOPLE - not our government.

I don't know what's happened to our country when we have a President and government that does this kind of thing. He is supposed to be the Commander-in-Chief and this is how he treats veterans? I'm angry at him and ashamed of him.

This past Sunday, men and women who have served in our Armed Forces did an incredibly American thing - they demonstrated their grievance against our government by forcefully removing the barricades and opening THEIR memorial.

The gentleman in the green jacket is a World War II vet. Well done, sir. There were lots of Vietnam vets whom I am proud to call brothers and sisters.

Many of the barricades were carried over to the White House lawn fence and left there. Including this Afghanistan veteran who made use of a Segway to carry his barricade to the White House. He proudly wears a Wounded Warrior Project cap (an organization worthy suppporting - www.woundedwarriorproject.org).

You probably won't see this on the mainstream news as this doesn't fit their narrative.

Yet, it's a distinctly American narrative.

I'm proud to be a vet, but I didn't serve to support this kind of tyranny - and that's what it is. I'm so proud of these men and women who took this brave step (there were DC police SWAT teams in armored cars watching them - and, I suspect taking pictures and video).

Well done, good and faithful servants. We need more of this, not less.

(Update: The barricades were back in place Monday morning blocking the WWII, Vietnam and Korean memorials and they were reinforced with heavy wire. This is the most insensitive, tone-deaf administration I have known in my 68 years.)

 

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