d-day......

ok, so we are nearing the 60th anniversary of d-day......and given the current military climate.....the two situations do not belong in the same breath let alone the same blog.......as a 16-year old, i visited omaha and gold beaches with my parents and my brother, who went on to 20 years of service in military intelligence.......the memory of the cemetary at omaha remains in my memory, as well as the terrain at gold beach.......the fact that anyone survived was an act of god.....we visited the bayeaux tapestry on the same day.....which records battles hundreds of years earlier......clearly, we have learned nothing about war or peace in the interim......today i heard rumsfeld ranting to a congressional hearing about how unfair it is that us troups have cell phones that can transmit pictures........frankly, i think all soldiers should be so-armed.........the closer we are to the reality of combat, of death....the less likely we will be to allow our barely elected leaders to volunteer us in future........and as for family values.....i find it laughable that bush was hurt biking on the day he skipped his daughter's college graduation...the one she skipped out on.............those bushes.....aren't they just precious?...............