He died because we, the American people, in our collective craven cowardice, sent him there to do just that.We sent him to man a giant aircraft carrier made of dirt and rocks in Asia, in another pointless, fruitless, and costly endevour, supposedly to keep us "safe". He may have volunteered, but WE sent him. YOU and ME.
We killed him.
What he was doing at the time is absolutely irrelevant. It is an evasion from the truth.
WE killed him. YOU and especially...ME.
Not God almighty not Satan, Bowe Bergdahl or the Taliban, or an RPG. Not his commander, not the ARMY, nor that fictitious pagan deity, Allah.
We killed him. YOU and ME.
For "safety", for petroleum, the defense industry. For mom and apple pie, we sent him to his death far from home.
And we have the unmitigated gall to salute him for his trouble.
"War Is A Racket" Video USMC General Smedley Butler http://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2012/05/war-is-racket-video-usmc-general.html Here richly, with ridiculous display, The Politician’s corpse was laid away. While all of his acquaintances sneered and slanged, I wept: For I had longed to see him hanged. --Hilaire Belloc
Guys, you make me want to punch you in the vaginas.
This has nothing to do with anything you pointed out. NOTHING. The army today has no resemblance to what Butler saw over 100 years ago. Oil had nothing to do with it. Defense industry had nothing to do with it.
That man died because he was in an army that was at war. The enemy killed him and he was insufficient to the task of preventing the enemy from killing him. No one promised him victory. no one promised him the victory would last or how long it would last. No one promised him his commanders would always be right, competent, brave, or even honest. No one schemed to ensure his death, except the enemy. No one traded his life away for an unworthy or self-serving goal.
He died because he was in the Army and the Army was at war. A man who has lost his son is grieving and we can cut him some slack for that. But we should not indulge his idle fantasy that one death was the price we pay for everything else turning out wonderful. The proximate cause of death was getting on the plane.
He died because we, the American people, in our collective craven cowardice, sent him there to do just that.We sent him to man a giant aircraft carrier made of dirt and rocks in Asia, in another pointless, fruitless, and costly endevour, supposedly to keep us "safe". He may have volunteered, but WE sent him. YOU and ME.
ReplyDeleteWe killed him.
What he was doing at the time is absolutely irrelevant. It is an evasion from the truth.
WE killed him. YOU and especially...ME.
Not God almighty not Satan, Bowe Bergdahl or the Taliban, or an RPG. Not his commander, not the ARMY, nor that fictitious pagan deity, Allah.
We killed him. YOU and ME.
For "safety", for petroleum, the defense industry. For mom and apple pie, we sent him to his death far from home.
And we have the unmitigated gall to salute him for his trouble.
"War Is A Racket" Video USMC General Smedley Butler
Deletehttp://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2012/05/war-is-racket-video-usmc-general.html
Here richly, with ridiculous display,
The Politician’s corpse was laid away.
While all of his acquaintances sneered and slanged, I wept:
For I had longed to see him hanged.
--Hilaire Belloc
Guys, you make me want to punch you in the vaginas.
ReplyDeleteThis has nothing to do with anything you pointed out. NOTHING. The army today has no resemblance to what Butler saw over 100 years ago. Oil had nothing to do with it. Defense industry had nothing to do with it.
That man died because he was in an army that was at war. The enemy killed him and he was insufficient to the task of preventing the enemy from killing him. No one promised him victory. no one promised him the victory would last or how long it would last. No one promised him his commanders would always be right, competent, brave, or even honest. No one schemed to ensure his death, except the enemy. No one traded his life away for an unworthy or self-serving goal.
He died because he was in the Army and the Army was at war. A man who has lost his son is grieving and we can cut him some slack for that. But we should not indulge his idle fantasy that one death was the price we pay for everything else turning out wonderful. The proximate cause of death was getting on the plane.