I am a Native Hawaiian who served America as a paratrooper and combat infantryman in the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vietnam.  I escorted my best friend home after he was killed there.  We were sent out on missions where many went and few returned. It should be no surprise to anyone that Native Hawaiians find ways to express their sense of loss not only of their country, but once-outlawed language, hula and everything that stands for who they are. They are homegrown homeless, landless, sick and dying. Over half, 200,000, have been priced out of the housing market and forced to move out of state. There is a long history here and everybody knows it, but it seems they hope Hawaiians will quietly assimilate. Whether the ahu and flags are protected speech or not is irrelevant. These displays are just symptomatic of unrest that will never go away until there is justice for kanaka.  I went to war for America and expect it to stand by its principles of justice for all.