Mother's Day Gifts

I was in a Hallmark store last weekend. It's all decked out, of course, for Mother's Day. They had their usual assortment of trinkets and figurines. But some really stood out. There was a figurine of a SWAT cop, shotgun raised to the eyes ready to fire.


There was the figurine of the soldier wearing a gas mask and an M16. And another soldier, running, M16 raised in a firing position.


I guess nothing says Happy Mother's Day better than a soldier in a gas mask.

I fully respect the military. My father served 26 years in the Air Force, including some time in Vietnam. I was raised through high school on Air Force bases. I understand wanting to express support for the troops. But there is something vaguely disturbing about these being gifts. What does it say about our country?