Both! How do you know that the kid with his feet up ins't dealing with the fact that his dad died in the same conflict? Doesn't this put a different twist on the 'how dare you not stand up for the pledge' bullshit?
WWII was the last war (last legally declared war in the U.S. by the way) where Americans could reasonably be said to have defended 'our' freedom. There is a memorial in Washington D.C. honoring over 50,000 men that breathed their last breath in Vietnam. In what manner did Vietnam threaten the ability of children to give non-considered feliance to a flag for ideas that they could not possibly understand?
The cartoon displays a sentiment held by those that are nationalists, and devoid of thought.
WWII was the last war (last legally declared war in the U.S. by the way) where Americans could reasonably be said to have defended 'our' freedom. There is a memorial in Washington D.C. honoring over 50,000 men that breathed their last breath in Vietnam. In what manner did Vietnam threaten the ability of children to give non-considered feliance to a flag for ideas that they could not possibly understand?
The cartoon displays a sentiment held by those that are nationalists, and devoid of thought.
