Lest we Forget

Mike Whitney has a resonant suggestion that the likely future Iraq Memorial should be on the White House Lawn.

Let’s tear down the rot-iron gates surrounding the White House. Let’s remove the cement abutments and the cyclone fencing. Let’s put up a 10 ft high crescent of black marble on the White House lawn skirting both sides of the presidential walkway. That way, we can be sure that any future president will be forced to pass by the stone monuments that bear the names of the men and women who lost their lives in Bush’s Folly.

Not going to happen, but a public recognition of all those anonomous senseless deaths in Iraq is warranted.