Public Comment

Memorial Day

Jagjit Singh
Friday May 29, 2015 - 04:26:00 PM

As yet another Memorial Day another fades away from our consciousness, we should demand far more accountability from our policy makers who send our young men and women to ill-defined battles waged in our name. 

Our elected officials have initiated and sustained these conflicts often over massive public opposition and have rarely suffered personal tragedies on the battlefield. Former President Bush served in the National Guard and his vice-President, Cheney, successfully obtained five deferments. President Obama isn’t a military veteran, nor are many of the presidential hopefuls who have declared or might declare a run for the White House in 2016. We should not only remember our own fallen heroes but offer our prayers and apologies to the millions of our adversaries who perished and continue to die in unnecessary wars based on the deceitful policies of our politicians. With an all-volunteer army, the rich will invariably escape the horrors of war which will increasingly be drawn from a disadvantaged population.