quarterly-report.com Political and Social Commentary by James R. Audet

May 5, 2001
Cinco de Mayo

At the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile Alabama, there is a monument to the veterans of the Vietnam War. On a black granite wall, the following words are engraved (emphasis added):

VIETNAM - WAR/PAIN/SORROW/MYSTERY/JUNGLE/SWAMP/MOUNTAINS/HOT
VIETNAM MEANS SOMETHING - DIFFERENT BUT THE SAME - TO ALL OF US
VIETNAM HAS A LASTING EFFECT OF ONE SORT OR ANOTHER ON ALL AMERICANS
VIETNAM CAN ONLY BE UNDERSTOOD BY THOSE OF US WHO WERE THERE --

                                                                            -- AND WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT

                                                                                        A VIETNAM VET

The television and print media are predisposed to crucify human beings for the deplorable pleasure of achieving a ratings smash hit.  This time, they have found a delectable target in the Vietnam War record of Medal of Honor recipient, Senator Bob Kerrey.

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