In the classic movie “The Best Years of Our Lives” about three servicemen after WWII struggling to adapt to their civilian lives There is one scene that has always haunted me Homer Parrish, played by Harold Russell (who did lose his hands in the war),sits next to a guy at a soda fountain and the guy proceeds to tell Homer that it’s a shame the US Government went to war against the wrong people and that he had to lose his hands because of it. A fight ensues.
I grew up in the 50s believing the war was the most positive thing that had ever been done and that everyone accepted that as a fact. It was a shock when I saw this movie and realized not everyone thought that. However, the jerks that thought we fought the wrong guys in the war were overshadowed by history.
That does not happen about anything anymore. You have two equal voices at the bar or soda fountain or wherever. But to tell someone they sacrificed themselves for nothing is criminal in my view. Glen Beck is now the jerk at the soda fountain