[Peace] Re: [Peace-discuss] Re: misgivings on Iraq War: A Four Year Reflection

[Wendy Edwards]

FWIW, I also agree with Robert and Tom.

Wendy
On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 12:10:02PM -0500, Thomas Ayala wrote:
> I agree with Robert Naiman.  As someone who has spent time in a war  
> zone, I couldn't wait to get back to the United States of America.   
> My grandfather died in Korea, and I proudly display his American flag  
> in a memorial case in my living room.  When Mexican-Americans proudly  
> wave their flags in Chicago every May and September, do you think  
> they are supporting the PRI, Vicente Fox or Felipe Calderon?  Of  
> course not!!  They are supporting their people, their indigenous  
> heritage, their language, their religion, their cuisine--the flag has  
> become more of a representation of their culture, not a show of  
> support for the government.
>