Today's Philadelphia Daily News has a 20-page section on Viet Nam. I am quoted in the lead of the first article in the section--partly about the Starbucks story below. Here's the link: PDNews
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ReplyDeleteStrikingly in Starbuck story the man thanked you for making the war AGAINST TERROR. Not the war in Iraq, nor the fight for democracy.
Belgium often experienced invasion and occupation, US citizens had their first feeling on 9.11.
This makes a huge difference on how soldiers are considered.
Brigitte