"THE WAR"

I did'nt need to watch the Ken Burns Film "THE WAR" to realise the people who fought World War II were (to steal a phrase) the greatest generation. But after watching it, it got me thinking. What if it had been my generation and the generation just before mine that had to fight that war? I would like to think that we could accomplish what needed to be done, but I don't know.

I could see Rosie O'Donnell Blabbering something about fake Japanese war planes being flown by remote control from the white house into Pearl Harbor. The Move On crowd protesting, and saying Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich were just made up by the CIA to get us into an unjust war. Every night former sports reporter Keith Oberman would be calling for FDR to be impeached for lying about the reason for the war and for not disclosing that he has polio. Former Grand Wizard of the KKK and Democratic Senator from Virginia Robert Byrd, would be making impassioned speeches about why the Jews might just deserve what they get in Europe, because they killed Christ and all. Senator Clinton would be demanding that the negotiations with the Japanese, Italians, and Germans begin immediately, so we can better understand why they dis-like us, and to nail down a price for the amount of monetary aid it will take to achieve a lasting peace.

So next time you see a relative or meet a person on the street who fought in the war or were here at home working for the war effort, thank them. And to butcher a quote from U2's Bono from the song Do They Know It's Christmas?, "Tonight think god it was them instead of us." Because if it had been, the world would be a much different place.