Last Wednesday was Veterans Day. President Brandon a speech somewhere. I didn't hear all of it [Did you hear any of it? Ed.] but understand he paid homage to all the men and women who fought and died under the American flag, not just in the Great War, but in all the wars in which Americans fought and died.
I wonder if that includes the Glorious War of the Secession, aka the Civil War aka the War Between The States. Assuming that to be the case, I wonder which flag he was referring to. Was it this one?
I hope Sleepy Joe hasn't forgotten [Go on... Ed.] that, while over 360,000 Americans went to war under the Stars and Stripes and never came back, some 258,000 other Americans died fighting for this flag.
Yes, those people were Americans, and just as patriotic as those who fought for the Union. They deserve to be remembered.
Yet statues of Confederate soldiers and leaders are being pulled down all across the South, and the display of the Confederate battle flag is prohibited, because it's "hateful", unlike the Stars and Stripes, which is only called "hateful" in this Babylon Bee spoof.
Such is life in today's ultra-woke America. Pity.
Footnote: The statues of Confederate and Union soldiers erected in parks and village squares across America were largely produced by one manufacturer. They were identical, but for one detail: On the soldier’s belt buckle, the "U.S." is replaced by a "C.S." for "Confederate States." To the Monumental Bronze Co., of Bridgeport CT, it was all just business. Union or Confederate, a customer was a customer, another $450 for a zinc statue that could mean whatever you needed it to mean. Source: WaPo.
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