{"id":23634,"date":"2011-05-29T10:26:46","date_gmt":"2011-05-29T14:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=23634"},"modified":"2011-05-29T10:26:46","modified_gmt":"2011-05-29T14:26:46","slug":"that-two-americas-crap-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=23634","title":{"rendered":"That “Two Americas” crap again"},"content":{"rendered":"

TSO sends us a link from USAToday by Gannet columnist Chuck Raasch which declares that “There are two Americas on Memorial Day<\/a>“. It’s the same old crap that pops up every Memorial Day – a smaller portion of the population which has actually served in the military since we dumped the draft, so most Americans don’t appreciate the sacrifice of our troops.<\/p>\n

OK, lets’ use this blog’s audience as an example; all of you who have never served in the military raise your hand. See, look around at the hands…there are more of them than us on a military-oriented blog. So why are they here? Because they don’t understand, but they want to understand. About 8,000 people visit TAH every day, according to my server, many from other countries, but mostly Americans. Very few (about 8%) come from military or government networks, the rest are private citizens who want to learn about the military. That’s why there are milblogs.<\/p>\n

This I found most disturbing in Rasssch’s piece;<\/p>\n

The greatest scene in Saving Private Ryan is that moment when the aging soldier becomes emotionally overwhelmed in the cemetery above the Normandy beach, and his family gives him space before comforting him. The scene captured both the old veteran’s grief at the sacrifice of comrades and the awe and separation of the unknowing. Connecting those two worlds ought to be the goal of everyone on Memorial Day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, that’s one of my favorite scenes ever to come out of Hollywood;<\/p>\n