…Prepare to hear words from the White House utterly void of sincerity and meaning. Bush will again mouth words of peace, and heap praise and honor upon those who have fallen or have been wounded in military service in years past and present. But I do not believe Bush will be truthful in any of the fine words he speaks today, for his actions have spoken louder than any words he could possibly say. The same goes for past presidents on this day of remembrance, whom voiced the sentiments of empathy, yet whose deeds were the cause of the death and suffering they would have us believe they feel sympathy for. …
…Do not be in denial this Veterans Day. Lest we forget or conveniently ignore, it is estimated that upwards of 88,000 (estimates vary but there is no dispute the deaths are in the tens of thousands if not more) Iraqi civilians are dead due to the violence our military has perpetrated. Then there are the thousands of civilians killed from US air strikes in Afghanistan beginning in 2001, and the hundreds or thousands more dead in the years since. Are such innocent civilians killed by our missiles and bombs just “collateral damage” or are they tragedies to be mourned? …
And is there any hope that Obama will change the U.S. government’s interventionist foreign policy?
I invite you to read my article:
No Hope for Change This Veterans Day
Christine Smith (a writer from Colorado)
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but only when it is absolutely necessary. Were we wrong to ally with Great Britain against the Nazis in World War II? We killed 40,000 people in one night in that war.
If you think the US and President Obama should never use the military–even unilaterally if need be–you are going to be disappointed.
Where the rules of engagement which had an absolute priority on zero American casulties that, due to the height we flew at – we bombed a civilian train.
Like you said, the trick is to only use the military when absolutely necessary, and to then do so appropiately.
Can we start using the term “Baby Killer” again? That would be AWESOME!
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I assume that’s where you’re coming from.
Blame the soldiers who don’t go AWOL and desert, or refuse lawful orders.
I can respect the lieutenant (Watada, I think) who refused to deploy to Iraq and went to jail for it, but that’s too much to expect of the average GI.
I wasn’t drafted – I enlisted during the police action in Southeast Asia.
So she says that makes me a war criminal ? Golly, I was 18 years old.
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Is Bush to blame for starting an unnecessary vanity war ?
What’s the point of even asking that question anymore ?
Democratic inaction in Congress is as much to blame for us still being there.
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Missy anti-war Democrat,
you have a responsibility here.
Rather than just point fingers at Satan’s agents in the Bush White House,
and vilify young folks in desperate situations who see the military as the only way out of economic distress,
it is your civic duty to keep the pressure on the Obama team.
There’s about a 2% chance that he will keep his 16-month withdrawal promise.
18 months from now, I expect you – and really, all Obamatrons – to take to the streets in protest if we still have troops conducting combat operations in Iraq
(Mission: walk around to draw enemy fire. That’s how we identify our enemy.)
I also look forward to reading your essay on the Obama betrayal. Fat chance.
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