1/2 I have a message this morning for the few surviving #WWII vets:

First of all, thank you very much. That Hilter guy really needed to go.

Having said that, could you do us all a favor and croak already? I think it would go a long way toward tempering our grotesque worship of the military, since you were the last guys to do anything justifiable or helpful for the world.

For too long, your heroics have been used in the service of papering over the latter half of the 20th century and the 21st.

2/2 So, when you're all finally ready to go, maybe we can do a revamp of our bizarre military holidays.The new military holiday could be a Vietnam/Iraq day of reflection, where we contend with our actions since WWII, and and maybe start talking about why so many veterans of those wars keep offing themselves every few days and no one seems to care.