Arlington

[orangecrush]

My older brother was a Tomb Sentinel.

He returned from Vietnam in 1968, and stationed at Arlington (Ft. Myer), was burying soldiers who died where he had just returned from alive.

It did a number on him.

[Arne]

1. I hope trump is haunted every night.

[orangecrush]

2. Not possible

Psychopaths have no conscience.

[Arne]

3. Psychopaths have no soul. Same same.

[surfered]

7. One reason he admires Hannibal Lecter as a hero.

[ShazzieB]

18. And he's a malignant narcissist as well.

Scary combination!

[evolves]

11. Not a chance.

The only thing that haunts him is the spectre of prison

[Beck23]

5. Trump smiling at the graves

Trump is a horrible person.

[poozwah]

16. agreed

it appears as though the treasonous one was happy to give a thumbs up to all the suckers and losers in arlington national cemetery. the only suitable place for the traitor will be a landfill.

[orangecrush]

20. This

[chowder66]

6. A highly honorable job but an extremely hard one.

I can't even imagine what your brother must have felt.

[orangecrush]

21. He never spoke about the war

He did tell me about the Honor Guard.

Perfection personified.

[chowder66]

23. The father of a couple of kids I carpooled with in high school was a vet.

One day while waiting for his kids (I was in the back of the VW bus), he broke down and spilled his guts after I asked him if he was okay that day.
It was heart wrenching and he apologized over and over. He didn't know why he just spilled his guts out to a 16 year old girl.

Luckily he told me he was going into therapy and he seemed pretty glad about it. He cried, I cried. It was odd but I could see how cathartic it was for him.
This was in 1983.

My dad was enlisted but they kept him stateside. Not sure why but most of the guys he trained and became friends with, were killed in the war. It haunted him. He hated war movies.

[orangecrush]

24. I stayed with Bob and his wife near DC

Summers from 68 through 73. (Last years of the war.)

I remember him leaving the room whenever the news would cover the war.

[chowder66]

25. I don't think they really pushed therapy back then.

I feel so bad for all of those that were there. I was too little to comprehend much during the war but my Mom protested it. Yay mom!

[poozwah]

8. unamerican

the actions of donald trump at arlington only reinforce the opinion that he is a stain on this nation. i have been to arlington many times and could never imagine that anyone could be so callous, but in my nearly 76 years on this earth i have never seen anyone who has so enjoyed tearing down the traditions and institutions of a nation that has benefited this low rent piece of human waste.

[llmart]

14. Such an apt description of this monster.

"low rent piece of human waste"

I've been to Arlington and it tore me up seeing JFK's eternal flame and all those white headstones. It was very quiet amongst all the people there at the same time I was. I don't even have the words to describe how much I despise him and anyone that backs him, not just in Congress but out here in the country. If I know that someone is a trumpster magat, I refuse to have anything whatsoever to do with that person.

[poozwah]

15. thank you

i grew up about 5 miles from the cemetery. visited there often and it was my favorite place to visit in the 35 years i lived in alexandria. anyone, other than the damnable defiler, will tell you that political beliefs and demonstrations should be left off of the grounds of this most hallowed place.

[orangecrush]

22. +1

[ChazInAz]

27. I went to Arlington just once.

It was in the Summer of 1964, and I was a teenager, visiting from Illinois.
The grave was fresh, and the only monument was a temporary generic grave marker and the flame.
It was raining that day.

[twodogsbarking]

9. Any "Vets for Trump" out there today? Probably, but hopefully fewer.

[IronLionZion]

10. Now is Trump going to lose some veteran voters over this?

I would hope so. There are more than enough examples of him disrespecting our veterans, wounded, and fallen soldiers.

[evolves]

13. Saw a truck yesterday

with a DAV license plate and a TFG sticker.

[BOSSHOG]

12. Silence and Respect

Kryptonite for trump

I went to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 86. DONT think I could ever go back.

[GoYouPackersGo]

17. I went there too.

I found the name of the neighbor kid who was so nice to us little squirts before he went in the Army and to Vietnam on the wall. It was intense. I can't imagine the audacity to stage a photo op. Absolutely disgusting.

[BOSSHOG]

19. Intense indeed My Friend

I get the Memorial Calendar each year. It is also intense. One might feel sorry for a thing like trump and his inability to FEEL the emotions relative to patriotism and love of country and sadness reading the names of those who died for us. I don’t. He’s the epitome of abhorrent. And it would take a train load of psychiatrists to figure out what makes his supporters tick. It surely is nothing good.

[spooky3]

26. I hope your brother knew how profoundly meaningful the

Ceremonies were for the families of the departed. We cannot thank them enough.

[orangecrush]

28. Very aware

And thank you.

[spooky3]

29. You're welcome.