The Goodyear Bonus Army

July 28, 1932 is a sad date in U.S. History. The attack on the "Bonus Army" by the US military is a sad tale of bad ideas, bad timing, and overreaction.
Now, on the one hand I suppose you could place some of the blame on the Bonus Expeditionary Force. After all, they were trying to get something in 1932 that they were not entitled to receive until 1945. Their plight was understandable but did not change the validity of their demand. 78% of the Senators agreed.
With that said...they were, by all accounts, disciplined and peaceful. Why they needed to be moved is open to debate. There may or may not be good reasons for it. I do, however, find it hard to understand why tanks were needed. That to me has always been a classic example of an overreaction.
Oddly, when I saw the headline US Army Might Break Goodyear Strike I immediately made the connection they might militarily move to break the strike. Now, there are times and places when I think unions get out of hand. But there are times when the anti-union forces go overboard as well. And I can see no way that a current involvement by the U.S. army in a strike by workers in a private business is anything short of way, way overboard.
Then I saw where it was written and how it was written. In an article where every occurrence of the word "Tire" outside of the company title is spelled "tyre", where every admits there is no shortage, and where everyone admits the plant making the "tyres" in question is unaffected...suddenly one questions to integrity and applicability of the article.
This seems more like something for the Enquirer than a "respected" news source like MSNBC. What a sad day.