Let us truly honor our fallen heroes this Memorial Day

The Moderate Voice | May. 25, 2008 (Opinion)

On this Memorial Day weekend, absent from the President's speech was concrete, meaningful support-as there should be-for those who are still fighting the wars that were launched under his command.

I am referring to the new GI Bill of Rights that is presently being debated on Capitol Hill.

I am referring to an improved version of the GI Bill that would provide our Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans with education benefits at least equal to ... Full Story »

Posted by Fabrice Florin

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics
Topics: Middle East, Bush Administration, U.S. Military, U.S. Congress, War in Iraq
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Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - May 25, 2008 - 12:57 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Fabrice Florin (review), Mark Monday (review), Bruce T Brown (review), Patricia Blochowiak (review), Roland F. Hirsch (review), Dwight Rousu (review)
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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The story makes good point of Bush's empty "honoring" of veterans and at the same time failing to fund veterans benefits. I have several other problems with memorial day; we honor those who have fought for the US in military conflicts and died, but we do not have similar honors for those who have spent their lives in quest of peace and conflict resolution to avoid wars. Similarly we do not mourn the deaths of the hapless cannon fodder who have died as opponents in our wars. But De Wind makes his point well.

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Mark Monday
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 by Mark Monday - Oct. 1, 2008
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Patricia Blochowiak
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Oct. 1, 2008
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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008
Fabrice posted this story.
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Bruce T Brown
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 by Bruce T Brown - Oct. 1, 2008
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Roland F. Hirsch
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 by Roland F. Hirsch - Oct. 1, 2008

This opinion piece has modest journalistic merit. The author presents some information, but spoils the journalistic aspect by putting in anti-Bush comments. Expressing his obvious hatred for President Bush repeatedly reduces the quality of the piece considerably.

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