{"id":105059,"date":"2020-09-14T11:36:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T15:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=105059"},"modified":"2020-09-14T11:36:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T15:36:39","slug":"removal-of-pow-mia-flag-from-atop-white-house-sparks-anger-among-those-who-hate-the-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=105059","title":{"rendered":"Removal of POW\/MIA flag from atop White House sparks anger among those who hate the president"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_105060\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105060\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-105060\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/powmia-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/powmia-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/powmia-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/powmia-500x299.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/powmia.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-105060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A POW-MIA flag flies over the White House, Sept. 16, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The White House moved the POW\/MIA flag from atop the White House to a POW\/MIA memorial site on the South Lawn earlier this year. Since The Atlantic trashed what little reputation they have as a source of journalism recently with an anonymously sourced hit piece against the president (widely discredited by actual, named sources) now people are hunting for any sign to reinforce the belief that Trump hates veterans. The latest is that the POW\/MIA flag was moved. To hear the usual suspects this is akin to Trump walking to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and dropping a deuce.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Senator Jack Reed said, &#8220;It&#8217;s part of a pattern of disrespect by President Trump toward those who honorably served our nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Just a few months ago the media was disgusted when Trump touted his improvements to veteran&#8217;s services that have increased satisfaction with VA services at a Memorial Day event. See <a href=\"https:\/\/news.wttw.com\/2020\/05\/22\/trump-turns-memorial-day-event-quasi-campaign-rally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump Turns Memorial Day Event into Quasi Campaign Rally<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Heck, it wasn&#8217;t all that long ago that the POW\/MIA flag itself was a &#8220;racist&#8221; symbol.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You know that racist flag? The one that supposedly honors history but actually spreads a pernicious myth? And is useful only to venal right-wing politicians who wish to exploit hatred by calling it heritage? It&#8217;s past time to pull it down.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, wait. You thought I was referring to the Confederate flag. Actually, I&#8217;m talking about\u00a0the POW\/MIA flag.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the rest of the article here; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/its-time-haul-down-another-flag-racist-hate-361929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Story of the Other Racist Flag <\/a>(After facing backlash, this utterly despicable tripe was changed to &#8220;The Story Behind the POW\/MIA Flag&#8221;). Fascinatingly, this article is written by someone who purports to be a historian!<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year Congress passed a law requiring the POW\/MIA flag to be flown all year at certain federal buildings. Trump signed the law and received plaudits for it from groups like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vfw.org\/media-and-events\/latest-releases\/archives\/2020\/2\/president-trump-signs-pow-mia-flag-act-into-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VFW<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House moved the POW\/MIA flag from atop the White House to a POW\/MIA memorial &hellip; <a title=\"Removal of POW\/MIA flag from atop White House sparks anger among those who hate the president\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=105059\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Removal of POW\/MIA flag from atop White House sparks anger among those who hate the president<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":664,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[430,5,336],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2020-election","category-politics","category-pow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/664"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105059"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105061,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105059\/revisions\/105061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}