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(14,887 posts)it is our deranged national priorities. It is the system we live under which requires the serial deaths of all those innocents to maintain our economic health that should appall us...."
And it has spilled out into our streets, schools, churches and theatres. Ever since 'the shot heard round the world' it has been with us. It is in the DNA of the nation.
Mr. Hedges sharing his visit with Tomas Young brought it all back for me. The hours demonstrating, the letters written, phone calls, supporting and working for Howard Dean and the continual outrage at the lies. I saw the anxiety of friends when their child was shipped off. Until they could wrap their arms around that child again, their anxiety was palpable. One returning child became a statistic. The one year anniversary recently passed quietly. These are reminders we will live with for many years. As reminders of Vietnam still shake us.