It doesn't really matter how fast it was approved; we deserved the monument--the two don't depend on each other. If the WWII monument took so long, there should've been more push to get it. Bureaucracy is inherently slow and ineffective and takes people with unwavering determination to get something through.
My opinion on this wouldn't be very popular....I'll keep it to myself and just say thank you to all our Veterans.
Another interesting question:
Up, down, left, right, backwards, forwards----all those are classified as directions but they certainly refer to different paths.
Monuments---Both to those who fought for our freedom and to other significant "realities" such as to the establishment of gay rights....
I was never in the armed forces and I was never gay. As a "typical" American man born and raised here, I am probably much more comfortable with war than with homosexuality (and I don't pretend that is a particularly good thing).
The only intelligent thing I can say is that I will have to expand my current association of the world "monument" to include both instances mentioned here.
As with many past presidents, in my opinion, it seems the president in his last few remaining months of presidency wants to leave a legacy to be remembered by. Unfortunately, again my opinion, I believe what he is doing and has done will be remembered negatively by the majority of Americans. In turn those he is using to create his legacy will suffer the brunt of the backlash pushing their cause back several decades. The US has an extremely large conservative silent majority who has perceived to be or actually has been effected negatively and repeatedly during this administration.
Actually, the timeframe is the almost same. Clinton signed into law the making of the World War II memorial 48 years after the war ended. It took lots of time and fundraising for the money ($197 million) to build the memorial.
Obama signed the law making Stonewall Inn a monument in 2016, 47 years after the uprising in 1969. The building already exists so there is no construction timeline or building costs.
Making something that already exists a monument is much different than building one.
IMO, 😝😝😝. Haters move on.
I Love our Veterans 🤗🤗🤗🤗 Thank you 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗.
Job well done. Thank you 🤗
Money SHOULD have been spent on our Veterans, medical, medications, prosthesis, jobs, homes and repairs, cars and repairs, long term care, short term healthcare, increase monthly benefits, mental illness help, homelessness, paranoid schizophrenia help, healthcare for their spouses and their children alcohol and drug abuse help, PTSD. ADD, halfway houses, loneliness and prevent suicide. They go anywhere at a moment's notice, stay longer than any other country and died in greater numbers.
The need Lots of LOVE AND THANKS YOUS.
Veterans give lives and limbs for American and the World.
Veterans THANK YOU. 😊🤗😊😊
I don't really care ... And neither do the majority of Americans.
The site was already an unofficial "monument" in the LGBT community. Making it official won't cause anybody to now think: "Gee, it's an official monument. I guess I better go visit it." Nor is it going to change anybody's opinion on the LGBT-Rights issue.
Just more empty political pandering.
Dear Zack,
First thought is that the monument for gay rights is indeed a wholesome step, Obama courageous for proceeding there.
A close friend of my generation made a devastating suicide attempt in 2009, a Vietnam vet...horrific painful neuropathy from Agent Orange, government denial and neglect. He did not need a monument, he desperately needed medical care, food, housing and treatment for intractable PTSD.
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The monument helps legitimize gay rights...I say yes to the monument and for ALL our veterans let's get the help they need day to day and are denied.
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