Really? I was wondering where people get off by whining that someone else wasn’t someplace.
I think the question was rhetorical. The writer did not actually expect Mr. Brokaw to be physically at the monuments with the WWII veterans. But he COULD have spoken in support of them. In the past Tom Brokaw has never been shy about taking the microphone in hand for one of his causes.
The question was why Brokaw did not speak up for the Vets he supposedly loves so much. Where he was that day was not the question. Too deep for you?