Two articles in different weekend magazines have me thinking about America's many wars. David Montgomery in last weekend's Washington Post pondered the proliferation of war memorials in our nation's capital. The second, an excerpt from C.J. Chivers's new book in the latest New York Times magazine, details the experiences of an Army unit in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley.
Some of those killed in that desolate distant place will be remembered, indirectly at least, in a new Global War on Terrorism Memorial. Montgomery reports that President Donald Trump “signed legislation waiving the statutory 10-year post-war waiting period so planning could begin.” He continues:
That memorial would accomplish a feat rarely if ever matched in the annals of memorial building: commemorating a war before it is over. It also epitomizes the new state of affairs, where endless war means endless war-memorial building.
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