Working Together

Some real understanding of the activities of our allies in the prolonged war in South Korea are just now coming to light.



While everyone should be aware that the Korean War was fought under the flag of the United Nations, in reality what that means is that twenty-seven nations worked together to put an army, a navy, marines, and air force personnel into the fight to maintain the sovereignty of South Korea.



That contribution ranged from small nations providing produce, to more involved nations sending large fighting units. The story pretty well remains untold in this country. To see some of the expanding information check out:



http://bubl.ac.uk/link/ for the United Kingdom;

www.answers.com.au/ for Australian information;

http://www.abondance.com/ for French involvement;

http://www.ijzer.nl/ for the Dutch; and

http://www.yehey.com/ for the Philippine sources.



Senior Fellow, Paul M. Edwards

C'mon, America!

Most will have noticed the news that the government, short of Purple Heart medals, has instructed a veteran that he should buy his own. This follows the announcement that the expenditure of bullets in Iraq has caused a shortage of ammo for US police departments. That, of course, followed the news of poor treatment for veterans in the hospitals designed for their care, and a shortage of artificial limbs noted. What does all this tell us?



I think it tells us that the American people, once again, are not taking their nation’s veterans seriously. Rather than raise the payrate to lure young men and women into the military, how about using some of that money, or the money paid for waste, to take care of those we have asked to serve the country in harm’s way.



What does it take to convince America that regardless of our beliefs about the value of the war in Iraq, we owe those we send there to fight. And, that the commitment never runs out, for we owe those still suffering the results of service in World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Gulf, etc.



Come on America, 100 million less for a new quarterback and a few bucks for the veterans.

http://senate2008guru.blogspot.com/; http://www.vawatchdog.org/



Senior Fellow, Paul M. Edwards