"First they came for the Communists,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I wasn’t a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time there was no one
left to speak up for me."
~ Martin Niemoller
Vietnam Vet Avoids Memorial Day Commemorations
Submitted by Emmett Harris on Mon, 2014-05-26 23:00
“Every man for himself and the Devil take the hindmost, he’d say, remembering the selfish way he fought in the war, against the grain of the familiar refrain of servicemen who claim they fought for each other. So, no, there won’t be a moment of silence or listening to taps. None of the trappings of the day.”
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