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I had a parent-teacher conference at my child’s elementary school yesterday. While waiting in the school office I read the commendations on the wall, the “Honored School” designation from the state legislature, etc. On one wall there was a photo of a soldier raising a US flag on some wooden structure - and apparently this was the same flag that now stood in the corner of the room. Above the pictures was an official-looking framed document. It said (I paraphrase) “This is to certify that this American flag was flow over Abu Ghraib Iraq on date x”. I was completely floored.
I turned to look at the school secretary and I can’t even imagine the look on my face. She said “what’s wrong?” and I replied “Do you know what happened there? Have you seen the pictures?” She frowned and me and said “well, we’re at war you know, and bad things happen to bad people in wars”.
Then went back to her typing.
