It is a matter of honor and the US living up to promises made. I'm not sure we lived up to either of those propositions in Vietnam or Korea or any conflict since then. We are a member of SEATO and have an obligation to all our South Eastern allies to defend them. We backed out of both Korea and Vietnam without finishing the job. In the Middle East, we win and then give the countries back to the people we fought against without continued oversight as we did with Japan and Germany.

I'm afraid the US does not have the respect we had after WWII. If I were Taiwan, I would be skeptical about the ability (or rather resolve) of the US to protect it against an all-out attack from mainland China.

A lot of us here on UHH are in our 70s and later. In 1960 I was ten years old and WWII had ended only 15 years before. I can't recall a lot of talk about people who served during that war -- and they numbered in the millions. The most memorable display of veterans was during parades when a VFW branch had a contingent in the parade. Now a half-century after Vietnam, there is much more recognition, talk, and community involvement in that war than anything I can recall about WWII. Many groups have tables set up during events like Memorial Day and the 4th of July highlighting things like MIAs, Wounded Warriors, and homeless veterans (this would include what we call sandbox veterans -- the ones that fought in the Middle East). I guess the difference is the proliferation of social media. We are much more connected across our immediate home areas and nationally. When events occur, we know about them and their efforts for recognition. They can make a statement about their concerns and generate community support much easier than fifty years ago.

I wonder how the youth of today see us (Vietnam Veterans). We are the old guys dressing up in battle fatigues and marching in Memorial Day Parades.

Even for those who seldom, if ever, have any creative notions cooking between their ears, they can imagine themselves more creative if their "creative process" involves an excessive amount of process.

Unfortunately, "process" is not the creative half of the term "creative process". IOW more process tips the balance AWAY from creativity.

Theres nothing creative about spooling up film reels, mixing chemicals, loading or unloading cameras, etc. Worse yet is a life tied to the need for darkness, plumbing, and ventilation. Analog photography is a ball and chain, not a liberator of creative minds.

Although I'm pretty capable on a computer, the dash board on my 2018 RAV4 LE pretty much defeats me. They tried to get me to upgrade from their basic model, but why pay for MORE stuff that you don't understand was my reasoning. Anyway, it does have a CD drive that I've made many CDs for and that's great, however, I noticed that way under the radio, close to the console, there is a USB port and I was wondering if I put music on a thumb drive and plugged it into the USB port would the radio recognize it and play the music? Thanks...