I'm against the flag burning amendment. For once in my life, I agree with the editors of the San Diego Union Tribune. If we ban flag burning, we will betray the US values.
The real desecration | The San Diego Union-Tribune:
We don't currently have a serious problem with flag burning as a symbolic protest. If we did pass a ban, then we would probably start having a problem!
I didn't like it being done when the anti-Vietnam protesters (Hippies) burned the flag as a way to get publicity for their cause. I supported our Government, and had enlisted in the Air Force to show my support. Yes, I didn't understand why we were fighting in Vietnam. After studying military strategy and tactics in Officer's training school, I understood even less why the US was waging the war as it was at that time. The strategy we seemed to be using appeared to be using just enough force to make sure the war would be extended as long as possible.
However I had a lot of trust in our Government, and thought that probably the Government knew a lot of other information about the political situation and that it was probably classified, so the rest of the public wouldn't know.
After Robert McNamara admitted in his book that we really didn't have a good strategy, and there really was no good reason for us being there, it sort of destroyed my confidence and trust in our Government's decisions. Apparently the "hippies" who were burning flags were actually "correct" at the time.
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