Shut down is a travesty

To the editor:
So let us all summarize here: Just a mere two to three weeks ago, our government had the funding to saber rattle and threaten to invade and or attack Syria. Yet today, a bus load of 90 year plus old World War II veterans was denied access to an open air memorial, in Washington D.C., because the National Park Service has no funding due to the shutdown.
I am sure glad we dodged the bullet on that Syria thing, huh?
We would have ran out of money to fund that debacle, just as we began to drop in the rounds of ordnance, if this is any indication.
Here is a novel thought. Perhaps we should allow these WWII vets in to see their memorial, today and every day they are able to get there. These guys are dying around the country at the rate of 750 to 1000 every day.
As we lose these greatest generation heroes every day to the passage of time, the minuscule few who are still able to get to this memorial should be welcomed into it with open arms by a grateful nation and not barricaded out by a temporary fence. This is a shameful, national travesty.
But just a mere fortnight ago, we were all gung-ho and haze grey to attack Syria. Don’t you just love that great leadership in D.C.?
As a veteran who escorted a charter plane load of WWII heroes to D.C. for the groundbreaking ceremony of this memorial on Veteran's Day in 2000, this sickens me and breaks my heart.
Sincerely,
James D. Fulks IIII
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