War is back in Hollywood. Actually, Hollywood has been bullish on war for some time now. And now we have, almost 60 years after it happened, Pearl Harbor , which opened this past Friday in theatres across the country.
War is back in the press.
Specifically, the Vietnam war is back, although everyone, it seems, would just as soon sweep it back under the collective unconscious rug as quickly as possible. Former Senator Bob Kerrey, a decorated war hero , revealed an account of a night-time raid he led in the Mekong Delta as leader of a Navy SEAL team an account which differed in many aspects form the official account given out during the war. Whether you believe Senator Kerrey s account, or that of a member of his team who contends that atrocities were committed, it seems clear that the SEAL team killed not Viet Cong, but some 15 or more civilians, including old men, women and children. And war is back on the federal calendar. Tomorrow is a federal holiday Memorial Day.