No Parade Planned For U.S. Soldiers Returning From Iraq. Should There Be?

The Pentagon says there have been no requests for homecoming parades.

Officials in New York and Washington say they would be happy to help stage a big celebration, but Pentagon officials say they haven’t been asked to plan one.

With tens of thousands of U.S. troops still fighting a bloody war in Afghanistan, anything that looks like a big victory celebration could be seen as unseemly and premature, some say.

“It’s going to be a bit awkward to be celebrating too much, given how much there is going on and how much there will be going on in Afghanistan,” said Don Mrozek, a military history professor at Kansas State University.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.