The Greatest Generation to Us: War is Terrible!

clipped from www.commondreams.org Kittay House Senior Citizens Make Long Trek for Peace with Monday Protests THE BRONX, NY - A cacophony of honking livery car horns, shrill ambulance sirens, the "whup whup" of an unmarked police car, a blaring blast from a bus and a short loud salute from a fire truck at W. Kingsbridge Road and Webb Ave. hurt the ears last Monday morning, but leave you smiling. They are holding signs reading "Seniors for Peace," "Senior Patriots Against the War," "More Funding for the Wounded" and the message that has caused the at-times deafening eruption - "HONK FOR PEACE." But the low, raspy voice of 97-year-old Martin Harth, barely audible through the din, utters the ultimate proclamation. "War is a terrible thing," he says, shaking his head. "A terrible thing." He wears a Jewish War Veterans hat and a natty blue blazer. He holds his sign, unmoving except for a wave at a vehicle once in a while.