{"id":15216,"date":"2012-05-28T06:41:27","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T14:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=15216"},"modified":"2012-05-28T06:42:42","modified_gmt":"2012-05-28T14:42:42","slug":"questioning-state-doctrine-on-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/28\/questioning-state-doctrine-on-memorial-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Questioning State Doctrine on Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently yesterday&#8217;s MSNBC show Up with Chris Hayes is getting a lot of attention. And by attention I mean vitriol. His crime? questioning the martial civic religion and the morality of mindless soldier worship on Memorial Day. I can&#8217;t decide whether or not I&#8217;m surprised. Here is the first segment of that &#8220;controversial&#8221; show.<\/p>\n<p><object id=\"msnbc21b442\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=47581623&amp;width=420&amp;height=245\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"launch=47581623&amp;width=420&amp;height=245\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"pluginspage\" value=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Last Memorial Day, I wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/30\/this-memorial-day-donate-to-antiwar\/&amp;sa=U&amp;ei=lYvDT6L-LsjcgQeZ_LjECQ&amp;ved=0CA8QFjAF&amp;client=internal-uds-cse&amp;usg=AFQjCNHIal6eyPG14goXhuJmggzvVc63lw\">this<\/a>, which covered similar notions. Also see my pieces on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/22\/the-folly-of-soldier-worship\/&amp;sa=U&amp;ei=PozDT9SAN8ePgwe4k-nGCQ&amp;ved=0CAUQFjAA&amp;client=internal-uds-cse&amp;usg=AFQjCNGr6tr-XaNbrnjDsNC0Tb_7lHGOdQ\">The Folly of Soldier Worship<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/jglaser\/2011\/07\/06\/the-ism-that-wont-go-away\/&amp;sa=U&amp;ei=WozDT_rCF8WAgwfkwdXCCQ&amp;ved=0CAUQFjAA&amp;client=internal-uds-cse&amp;usg=AFQjCNFuj8a-UkH2VLlkkSQCZDltBCkxCg\">The Ism That Won&#8217;t Go Away<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently yesterday&#8217;s MSNBC show Up with Chris Hayes is getting a lot of attention. And by attention I mean vitriol. His crime? questioning the martial civic religion and the morality of mindless soldier worship on Memorial Day. I can&#8217;t decide whether or not I&#8217;m surprised. 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