These people know the horrors of war and how it should be a LAST RESORT. And I seriously doubt that Neo-Cons even care what this old veteran has to say and will probably slam him and his serveice to our nation.
What the D-Day Veteran Told Obama at the 70th Anniversary Commemoration - The Daily Beast
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What the D-Day Veteran Told Obama at the 70th Anniversary Commemoration
But one of them—pale and bent beneath his baseball cap as if it weighed him down—stepped forward and took Obama’s hand, and would not let him go until he had said his piece.
An old survivor has a kind of license to say whatever he wants, even to the president of the United States. Obama smiled warmly. But then, in front of the crowd and the world’s television cameras, he would. None of us in the crowd could hear.
His name, it turns out, is Irving Smolens, and he was only 19 when he took part in the Normandy landing. Afterward he spent much of his life as a buyer of women’s and children’s clothing in Massachusetts, leading a quiet, peaceful life with his family.
“What did you say to Obama?” I asked him.
“I thanked him for keeping us out of war,” said Smolens.
What the D-Day Veteran Told Obama at the 70th Anniversary Commemoration - The Daily Beast
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