For the love of God, let it go

MANIFESTO

Bryan Bender of the Globe reports that

Nearly four decades after the Woodstock Festival, the culture wars are apparently still being fought at one of the nation's largest and most storied veterans organizations.

The cover story in the August issue of the Veterans of Foreign Wars' national magazine marks the upcoming anniversary of the four-day concert that symbolized the counterculture of the 1960s with an article penned by its editor, Richard K. Kolb, titled "GIs Died While Woodstock Rocked."

Kolb is obviously a moron, and it's good to see that the profound and moving comments to the article reflect that.

The first years of the century have evinced an "us vs. them" mentality unlike anything I've ever experienced, and it's clear to me who's been responsible for such divisive feelings. Given the confrontational tenor of the times, the last thing we need is for some "flag waving jingoist" to pick a forty-year-old scab.