This latest proclamation from the 47th president on May 1 on Truth Social, regarding renaming Veterans Day, is absurd. His rationale is the U.S. doesn’t know how to celebrate victories.
As the wife of a Vietnam veteran and a nurse who worked half my career in the VA caring for veterans, I understand that many service members do not feel victorious when they return home. They have been exposed to sights, sounds and smells that come from the worst humanity has to offer.
According to his post, the president wants to mark Nov. 11 as a Victory Day for World War I and May 8 as a Victory Day for World War II. I call this absurd, as the U.S. did not singlehandedly vanquish the enemy forces during these wars. Absurd to believe men and women serving in other conflicts were not strong, brave and brilliant. Absurd because this type of rhetoric is coming from our current leader who is alienating our allies that made the victories of past world wars possible. Just absurd.
Kathleen Dobbin
Greensburg