A Veterans Day tribute
AntiWar.Com
by David R. Henderson
11/11/08
Every Veterans Day, I try to do something special to remember or honor a veteran. I don’t like the standard flag-waving event that this day has become for many people. In many Veterans Day speeches, the speakers talk about the hundreds of thousands of American veterans who gave their lives for our freedom. The problem with that is twofold: (1) Very few of those who were killed in war literally gave their lives but instead had their lives ripped away, and (2) very few of them fought for our freedom. So my tribute this time is to a veteran who did not give his life and knew that he wasn’t fighting for our freedom. That veteran is Richard H. Timberlake, Jr. ...
http://www.antiwar.com/henderson/?articleid=13748
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=veterans
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=David+R.+Henderson
by David R. Henderson
11/11/08
Every Veterans Day, I try to do something special to remember or honor a veteran. I don’t like the standard flag-waving event that this day has become for many people. In many Veterans Day speeches, the speakers talk about the hundreds of thousands of American veterans who gave their lives for our freedom. The problem with that is twofold: (1) Very few of those who were killed in war literally gave their lives but instead had their lives ripped away, and (2) very few of them fought for our freedom. So my tribute this time is to a veteran who did not give his life and knew that he wasn’t fighting for our freedom. That veteran is Richard H. Timberlake, Jr. ...
http://www.antiwar.com/henderson/?articleid=13748
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=veterans
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=David+R.+Henderson
rudkla - 12. Nov, 11:32
