For my usual Memorial Day plea see one of my earlier Memorial Day posts. Today is the day on which we remember our soldiers who have died in war. IMO the best way to honor them is for fewer of our soldiers to die in war which can best be facilitated by less war and, especially, fewer wars of choice.
This year I’m going to wish that Turner Classic Movies and other channels specializing in old movies show fewer movies made during World War II and the Korean War on future Memorial Days. Those are overwhelmingly propaganda pictures, intended to foster support for the war effort. The soldiers who fought in those wars are mostly dead. Those who survive are in the 90s or older. Some day I really need to write a post on these propaganda movies. They are very unlike the movies made during the Vietnam War or during the war in Afghanistan.
If you’re going to watch one movie today, I suggest Memorial Day. Not only is it a good movie I think it’s very fitting.
