Ken Burns's "The War"

I'm so enjoying Ken Burns's documentary on PBS this week called, "The War." Not quite up to the standard of his "The Civil War," but certainly well done. The focus is not so much on the historical details of how the war was prosecuted, etc., but on the impact the war had on families, cities, and culture here at home. I cried last night when we found out that Babe Ciarlo was killed in Italy. I also had no idea how extensive the internment camps for Japanese Americans were; in once sense, I can understand the concern, but I felt ashamed of our country. So many of those people loved their country and were willing to fight for it. Hinds sight certainly is clear, isn't it? The whole period was such an emotional time, yet our country seemed to rally together in a common cause against evil. Why can't we do that again? Is it not clear that we are fighting evil? Do we lack the will power? Do we simply not want to be inconvenienced?

Tonight's episode: "Pride of Our Nation" - about, among other things, D-Day.