This won't be much of a diary for my part. Andy is sometimes mocked and often parodied - which is a bit like dissing a beloved grandad - but his piece tonight was simply beautiful.
What should we remember on Memorial Day? I remember uncles, cousins and friends who went off to SE Asia. A couple of them didn't make it back. At least one of them didn't make it back in one piece. As Rooney says, they didn't give their young lives, their lives were taken from them. I remember them, but I also remember the cruel deceit that took them, and took the lives of uncounted thousands of innocent men, women and children.
More below.
I tried like hell to embed the video. But too my great shame I have failed. Please do click on the link, and thank you, Mr. Rooney.
Let's remember all the young life squandered, all the promise, all the hope, all the dreams. War is the first resort of scoundrels and madmen. Let us resolve tomorrow that it will always be the very last resort from now on. Yes, we can!