Troops yes, Memorials No!

Both sides of the political spectrum say the “We Support the Troops”. However, this type of judicial hogwash has nothing to do with supporting the troops, and is an outright slap in the face of Veterans and their families.

The memorial at Mount Soledad was built in the early 1950s to commemorate the service of Korean War veterans. For 16 years, however, legal battles have persisted over the cross that towers over the La Jolla memorial, as some groups (ACLU) alleged that its presence on public land violated the constitutional separation of church and state.

So the city tried to sell the land to the Mt. Soledad Memorial Association, Inc., however, the judicial activism of the courts found the sale of the property to the Association violated provisions of the California Constitution prohibiting government support of religion.

Why do we have “The Wall”, “Iwo Jima Monument”, and finally the well deserved “World War II Memorial” for those Veterans and their families? Is it not for the service and sacrifice for this country and their loved ones?

This is not a battle over religion as some would have you believe! It is a battle of symbolism. Those memorials and many more like them are a symbolic recognition of war, conflicts and sacrifices by those people who fought in them.

Since the left believe that appeasement is the only way not to offend the international community or brutal dictatorships and war is a four letter word, then what a better way to change the course of history in addition to the hearts and minds of the followers than to dismantle those monuments!

So we support the troops but not the memorials that honor them. We support the troops but not the War. Sound familiar?