Re: Thinking for ourselves: Remembering World War II

[Joel Wendland <joelrw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Charles Brown wrote:

> Thinking for ourselves: Remembering World War II
> Analysis by Shea Howell
> Special to The Michigan Citizen
>
> http://www.michigancitizen.com/
>
>
> A new monument opens in Washington, D.C. this Memorial Day, honoring the
> sacrifices of Americans during World War II. The dedication of this
> memorial
> is an opportunity for all of us to remember the lives lost and changed
> forever by war.
>
> It is also an opportunity to remember the questions that that war brought
> to
> the generations that followed. In many ways it was the probing of the World
> War II experience that compelled many of us to resist the use of military
> power in Korea and Vietnam.
A WW2 vet and peace activist clleague of mine went to the memorial on its
opening day. He described it as a celebration of empire and military might.
He said that it completely ignored the human cost of war and there is only
indirect indication that men and women fought fascism and sacrificed their
lives and health for it.

His description of the memorial sounded as though tis creators wanted to
build amonument to power rather than a just struggle against the fascists.

Joel Wendland

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