Huế, Vietnam –
The car was rusted out with the original paint faded but still showing.
It was obviously a cherished relic, roped off, with a placard in front, proclaiming its holiness. Behind it, on the wall, was an all too familiar image. A monk, sitting on the street in Saigon, immolating himself, as the tensions were rising that would eventually lead to the Vietnam War.
In the famous photo, behind the flaming monk, sat a car. The same car he had driven down from Huế. The very car that stood in this place of honor.