On Memorial Day

President George W. Bush with Memorial Day wreath at Arlington National Cemetery, 2008. Reuters photo by Jonathan Ernst.



Anita Lewis at the grave of her son, Cody Clark Grater, Florida National Cemetery, Memorial Day, 2008. AP photo by John Raoux.

Two images from Memorial Day. One of a president who avoided service and has caused the deaths of over four thousand Americans (to date) in a war based on over 900 lies; and a grieving mother in Florida by the grave of her son, one of those Americans sent to their deaths. As we remember those who served our country, we cannot forget those who did not, and who are now, still, in positions of power with dreadful consequences for Americans and Iraqis alike.