Normandy Redux 2017 View Photographs I told our friends, Kathy and Grant, that I wouldn't go to France with them unless they agreed to visit the Normandy D-Day beaches, cemeteries and tour. To which they replied, "We're not going unless we do!" Warning, soapbox ahead. I feel so strongly about the need for every American to experience the accomplishments of what these Americans, British and Canadian soldiers did, that I believe the US government should sponsor paid tours. Maybe a lottery? Send a few hundred every year? How much would it cost? Certainly less than one MOAB. Maybe some of those people would learn how utterly foolish war is. Yes, I believe the Nazi atrocities and their eugenic beliefs had to be stopped, but that doesn't argue for war. War comes when leaders believe it will solve problems. Guess whose sons die?
Normandy Redux
Normandy Redux
Normandy Redux
Normandy Redux 2017 View Photographs I told our friends, Kathy and Grant, that I wouldn't go to France with them unless they agreed to visit the Normandy D-Day beaches, cemeteries and tour. To which they replied, "We're not going unless we do!" Warning, soapbox ahead. I feel so strongly about the need for every American to experience the accomplishments of what these Americans, British and Canadian soldiers did, that I believe the US government should sponsor paid tours. Maybe a lottery? Send a few hundred every year? How much would it cost? Certainly less than one MOAB. Maybe some of those people would learn how utterly foolish war is. Yes, I believe the Nazi atrocities and their eugenic beliefs had to be stopped, but that doesn't argue for war. War comes when leaders believe it will solve problems. Guess whose sons die?