New War Memorial a Literal Mural of Lies

Ground was broken Oct. 5 in Albuquerque, NM for a memorial honoring fallen New Mexican veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Sadly, the developers are well-meaning idiots, however, as the memorial is adorned with various images of the 9/11 attacks - completely irrelevant and disrespectful to those who've given their lives in the Middle East and Central Asia.

http://www.military.com/news/article/bad-link-memorial-ties-iraq-war-911.html

According to a story in the Albuquerque Journal, the $300,000 memorial at the New Mexico Veterans' Memorial Park is slated to be finished by late Spring of 2009. While the memorial is not subject to city council approval, the 9/11 propaganda it contains is drawing some opposition.

"We want to make sure that we don't revise history before history is even written," Councilor Rey Garduo said. "In no way am I questioning whether we should honor our fallen heroes. But in no way should we connect Iraq and terrorism."

According to the Journal article, the proposed memorial features a ring of laser-etched granite blocks depicting the 9/11 attacks and other images, including maps and photos of the attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., and of the hijacked plane that went down in Somerset County, Pa. It also features five empty dress uniforms cast in bronze hanging in lockers that form a ring around a central pillar.

One brainwashed Iraq veteran said, "The conflict in which we are engaged in is officially referred to as the war on terror. The fact is that both campaigns [Iraq and Afghanistan] are wrapped up in the war on terror, which originated with the attacks on 9/11. Chronologically, (the wars) started with the attacks on 9/11."

It's sad that after seven years there are still folks out there who equate 9/11 with Iraq and Afghanistan. Even if you believe the official lie, not a single one of the alleged 19 al-CIA-da hijackers was from either Iraq or Afghanistan.

Charles Powell, president of the Albuquerque chapter of Veterans for Peace, summed it up beautifully when he said the memorial falsely links the 9/ 11 attacks with the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, and that "to connect the war in Iraq with 9/11 is clearly a political thing. We don't feel that it's really an honor to put up a memorial to the brave men and women who died in Iraq to put on that memorial a false connection with 9/11."