Now and Then

Justin Darr discusses a belated 9/11 film, and the difference between us and the World War 2 generation:

So what is the difference between today and the World War II era? In World War II, there were tens of thousands more "Gold Star Mothers" than there are today, were they not horribly offended seeing boys, just like their sons, dying in the trenches? Today, every time we strike a terrorist camp in Iraq and the terrorists who were not killed claim that it was a "wedding party" and no militants, just women and children, were killed, the modern left thinks we should immediately pull out of the country and impeach the President. But, in World War II, tens of thousands of innocent civilians were inadvertently killed in Allied bombing campaigns, but the War effort never wavered. And, Pearl Harbor was a military target that killed far fewer people than the September 11 attacks, but "Remember Pearl Harbor" remains a stirring battle cry to this day while, for some reason, people get upset when we "remind" them about 9/11.

I too long for the "good ole days" which I see in these old films, but since this generation is ours we must make the best of it. God bless the troops and the USA!