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Veterans, Congress vow to block ‘disgraceful’ design of Global War on Terrorism Memorial
https://justthenews.com/government/security/veterans-congress-vow-block-disgraceful-design-global-war-terrorism-memorial
Military veterans in the House and Senate quickly announced their intention to block the “disgraceful” design of the Global War on Terrorism Memorial, which was recently unveiled and is slated to be built on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
The memorial’s design, announced by the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation (GWOTMF) on Wednesday and produced by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and his firm, features a steel arch covered in vegetation dubbed "The Embrace" as well as a curved plaza and marble paths with footprints. It features symbolic and abstract themes, a large grassy landscape, and shallow reflecting pools. The backlash was swift.
Critics of the design — including Republican members of Congress and many dozens of veterans of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) — variously argued that the design lacked any specific references to the two and a half decades of combat in the long war which began in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Absence of inscribed names
Critics also argue the design failed to properly honor fallen service members (including the absence of inscribed names), did not include any statues or imagery of the far-flung battlefields, did not evoke the bravery and heroism of U.S. troops, and was disconnected from the experiences of the veterans who had fought in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.
The GWOTMF states that “our mission is to build a reverent and apolitical National War Memorial that will honor all who have served and sacrificed in the ongoing Global War on Terrorism. This includes uniformed and non-uniformed veterans, as well as the families who have supported them throughout this incredibly complex war fought by so few.”
“Our Vision for the Memorial is for it to be an inclusive and reverent space for all who have served and sacrificed in the GWOT,” the GWOTMF adds. “We also aim to recognize the ongoing nature of the war.”
The foundation did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
Members of Congress call the design a “disgrace” and an “abomination”
Members of Congress responded quickly to the memorial design, vowing to stop it. Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., a Navy veteran who served in Afghanistan, weighed in on X on Thursday to blast the proposed design of the memorial.
“This proposal is a disgrace,” Banks said. “Thousands of heroic Americans sacrificed everything in service to our nation during the Global War on Terror. I served in Afghanistan. These were real people with real stories. They deserve to be honored with dignity, not disconnected abstract art.”
Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., a retired Navy SEAL who did combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, weighed in on Thursday to proclaim that “this memorial design appears to be an abomination.” The congressman said that “we are going to get together with some GWOT veteran members of congress to discuss this Jazz Hands Memorial” and said of the foundation that “I am going to talk to these folks. I don’t know the hell that thing is.”
“Congress does not support this sand trap on a 3 hole golf course lined with reclaimed barn wood,” he said derisively.
“To be Crystal Clear. There is now bipartisan / bicameral [support] to stop this proposed Jazz Hands monument to our fallen brothers and sisters,” Van Orden also said on X. “You are now officially on notice @GWOTMF, you will be held organizationally and personally accountable if you proceed with abomination.”
Rep. Clay Fuller, R-Ga., a veteran of the Air Force and a JAG officer who was deployed to Kuwait, said Saturday that “I’m joining with other GWOT veterans in Congress to fight this and I appreciate @RepVanOrden’s leadership to get this right for the men and women who gave the last full measure to stop Muslim terror.”
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, also made it clear that he was opposed to the proposed memorial.
“This design is a disappointing landscape feature better suited to a hotel courtyard or mini golf course than a monument to the courageous men and women who fought and the lives lost to radical Islamic terrorism,” Lee said. “There are American designers ready and willing to inspire their countrymen and honor those who served. Let’s start over and hire one of them.”
Hugh Hewitt, an influential conservative commentator, said on X that President Donald Trump should intervene.
“This is beyond awful. President Trump should issue an E.O. tomorrow forbidding any executive branch agency employee from doing anything to advance this absurdity while we wait for Congress to kill it,” he tweeted. “What is wrong with the people who designed this? Have they spoken to any veterans of GWOT much less families of the fallen?”
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