No pretty pictures today, tomorrow will be more interesting, but some memories from a long forgotten era as a reminder that we can not be weak internationally. There must be no repetition of the paper tiger post Viet Namn. The Winged Victory Monument and Brandenberg Gate on an empty Unter den Linden in Berlin or Duisberg summer 1945 should be reminders of a war that resultedfrom one man's greed and many countries fear of war.
The glider in a field represents the way I first saw Germany.
DR.
ReplyDeleteGeneral Douglas MacArthur belived that when a nation goes to war, it must go to win. Under President Harry Truman victory over the enemy was replaced with a policy of containment. War or military engagement only ceased when a political solution was realized or one side tired of the conflict. MacArthur believed the country, over time, would object to its young men fighting where containment replaced absolute military victory. This nation's response to Vietnam and Iraq suggest he was right. The draft is another casulity of his clarity on this matter.
Bill H