`Victims of Communism Memorial' Planned

The AP had this article last Thursday (HT: WorldNetDaily).

The National Capital Planning Commission voted unanimously to give preliminary approval to the "Victims of Communism Memorial."

The 90-square-foot monument would be built on National Park Service land one block west of the Capitol. A central feature will be a bronze Goddess of Democracy statue similar to the papier-mache and Styrofoam statue erected by pro-democracy students in Beijing's Tiananmen Square during 1989 demonstrations.

The memorial will honor an estimated 100 million people killed or tortured under communist rule.

"They include those who died in Stalinist purges, Mao Zedong's cultural revolution, or under the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia," said Lee Edwards, a fellow with the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank based in Washington.

If final approval is granted in December, construction could begin next spring.

It's about time. After the fighting over the International Freedom Center at Ground Zero in New York, I'm surprised anything pro-American (or anti-BadGuys) was able to be approved at any stage in the process.

As a nation that has been stalwart in fighting communism and its close relations, the US is the ideal location for a monument that memorializes the victims of what we fought so hard to defeat. That there were so many victims in so many places speaks of the importance of our efforts. And we must not stop that war against those who would tyrannize and slaughter their people. The GWOT is simply the continuation of that same war.

But don't be surprised in December. If the Victims of Communism Memorial is given final approval, expect the MSM to start screaming about it (or reporting quotes from people who are screaming about it). The more left-leaning of their ranks seem to prefer the illusion that communism is a force for equality and justice in the world.