Reposting this article yet again to remind everyone how a committee led by George W. Bush invented a GWOT memorial that is grossly disrespectful to every GWOT vet.
GWOT vets- I’m working on an alternate concept to battle this mistake.
I’m just fleshing it out, and unlike the @GWOTMF, I actually care about what you think, and frankly, I could use the help fleshing it out. We need a monument that actually tells our story. One that an eighth grader in 2126 could visit and walk away with some understanding of who we were, what we did, and why we did it. It necessarily must TELL OUR STORY.
Towards that end, I maintain the walking path concept, but one that differs greatly from the hippie donut version. I want visitors generations from now to walk a path where they trace the history of the war, told in bronze statuary vignettes, with one (or more) for each year of the war.
It, of course starts with 9/11, then progresses through Afghanistan, rising in physical elevation requiring visitors to climb a staircase up a hill to convey the uneven, mountainous terrain. The path splits in 2003, branching off and downward to Iraq, which should effect more of an urban feel, with portions even mimicking a facade of a Baghdad alleyway. Major battles will be captured. It will honor heroism, loss, defiance, and the character of those who served.
Right now it’s just an idea in my head that is fighting like a madman to get out, but my only tools are grok and runway. Anyways, here are some AI generated mock-ups for some of the vignettes I envision. More in replies along with some descriptions
I will not be guilt tripped into accepting artfag garbage. I will not be manipulated into embracing an insult. I will not be told that if I “just understood” this trainwreck I would agree that it’s good.
UNACCEPTABLE. RESIGN, WITHDRAW, & GET OUT OF THE WAY @GWOTMF
@GWOTMF Now you’re hiding behind Gold Star families to get your terrible idea finalized?? You guys need to just stop with the PR disaster you’ve created and start over. You’re really living up to the GWOT theme of higher ups disregarding what the people on the ground are saying
You will not win this fight.
Accept that your design sucks, full stop. We’re not the weak bitch-ass public that can be cowed by being told we “just don’t understand. You can’t explain garbage into excellence.
We fought a WAR for TWENTY YEARS.
Your cheap appeals to emotion are weak and beneath us.