tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post3396014622742030423..comments2024-03-24T21:06:57.039-07:00Comments on FOUSESQUAWK: Two Names on the Wall- Reposting and UpdateGary Fousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17014739065121483409noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post-55553182681903151232011-05-31T11:31:06.594-07:002011-05-31T11:31:06.594-07:00That is a terrible thing to inflict on a mother, w...That is a terrible thing to inflict on a mother, when eighty percent of the people in the country her son was sent to fight in, supported the people we came to liberate them from.Siarlys Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15083839117838391267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post-19248175716720981662011-05-30T16:29:45.978-07:002011-05-30T16:29:45.978-07:00At the age of 12, in 1966, the boy who always mana...At the age of 12, in 1966, the boy who always managed to sit behind me in every one of my classes when I was in junior high, one day told me his brother was killed fighting in Vietnam a year earlier. He said he used to cry every night for a month after his brother was killed in action and that his mother still cried every night. I and this boy were more children than teens and we childishly agreed that soon his mother would stop crying for her lost son. We were wrong. She never stopped crying, we just stopped seeing her grief.fullerton taxpayernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post-17256958511837306782011-05-30T12:06:45.460-07:002011-05-30T12:06:45.460-07:00One of the larger protests against American policy...One of the larger protests against American policy in Vietnam included reading the names of all 50,000 plus Americans who had died in that war. Not surprisingly, the father of one of the dead objected in a letter to an editor that those reading his son's name denigrated the cause his son fought for.<br /><br />Frankly, I don't believe that the purposes our government sent your two friends to die for was worthy of their sacrifice, up to the time they died, nor their lives. That should not take away anything from the honor due to them for their sacrifice.<br /><br />For better or for worse, those we elected (some of us voting each way) made the decision to send them. Any of us could have been called, or sent. Gary could have been sent to Vietnam rather than Germany. If I had been one year older, I would have been entered in a lottery, and maybe called up, or maybe not.<br /><br />Those who were sent were sent on behalf of all of us. Perfect justice would have apportioned the sacrifice equally to each American, along with the right to say "hey, wait a minute, this isn't the right way to go." So we owe them just the same as if they fell on the way to a glorious victory for freedom.Siarlys Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15083839117838391267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post-63879472033798017812011-05-29T17:41:58.113-07:002011-05-29T17:41:58.113-07:00Thank you, Squid.Thank you, Squid.Gary Fousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17014739065121483409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post-17354179820202941162011-05-29T16:46:12.965-07:002011-05-29T16:46:12.965-07:00Gary,
What a fitting tribute to your two patrioti...Gary,<br /><br />What a fitting tribute to your two patriotic friends. They gave their lives to protect our freedom. It is also a greater tribute to recognize them before Memorial day. Thank you!<br /><br />SquidSquidnoreply@blogger.com