On our recent visit to Washington I visited the Memorial wall. Though I did not have friends that died or were seriously injured, I knew some who fought in Vietnam. The emotions I felt were overwhelming. All the slogans and objective opinions seemed totally superficial for me at that moment. I almost wish I had never seen it. Certainly I still loathe politicians. And especially the ones in positions of real power, who's motives I have never - and will never trust - but, all I could think about was all those poor young people. Such waste. I couldn't do more than silently say "I'm sorry".