Those silly Canadians, eh?
tomstdenis@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>It's getting a bit tiresome seeing one misguided American after another
with
>their cutsie little yellow or red-white-blue ribbons on their outsized
SUVs.
>Yeah, I guess it's the thing to do; maybe part of that whole soccer-mom
>culture. Unfortunately, the only thing they demonstrate is that the
person
>behind the wheel is a clueless, gullible, misguided, nitwit.
>
>If foreign invaders landed on our soil, as we have done in Iraq, I would
be
>the first one to take up arms and repel them. (I suppose that would make
me
>an 'insurgent' by OUR logic.) This, and other aggressive governments have
>always done their utmost to make it APPEAR as if committing yourself to
kill
>in feuds on distant shores that have nothing to do with the welfare of
the
>citizenry is somehow patriotic.
>
>It is not.
>
>Enlisting in the armed forces, in the absence of a real and impending
>foreign threat, is no different that hiring yourself as a paid assassin .
.
>the only difference is, you're not getting paid enough. But let's take a
>realistic look at exactly WHO joins up in an all-volunteer army.
>
>The first group are those who join (during peacetime) for the benefits:
to
>get an education, or because it seems a reasonable career path. Consider
>carefully! Realize that you are gambling with your humanity. Once you
sign
>that form, you sign away your right to say: "No, that is an atrocity."
You
>put your abilities, including the ability to kill, at the disposal of
proven
>liars, psychopaths . . . enemies of humanity. Do you think that every
German
>soldier in World War II who helped load Jews into cattle cars was a
>cold-blooded killer? Most were poor kids, just like you, who got caught
up
>in the patriotic frenzy. Once you're in, you're IN. You lose the ability
to
>stop killing until they tell you so. This not only makes you less than
>human, it makes you less than an animal, for even the animals retain
their
>freedom of self determination.
>
>The second group are the simple minded, who fall for patriotic entreaties
>about defending democracy, Mom, apple pie; in other words, all the
>traditional government propaganda. Do you think Soviet lads subjugated
their
>neighbors throughout the world because they thought the Soviet Union was
an
>EVIL empire? No, they were fighting for MOM, and whatever passes for
apple
>pie in Russia. Step back and examine the lies your government is handing
>you, and ask yourself if they have the ring of truth. Do you want to be
one
>of the murderers in uniform who opened up on their fellow citizens at
Kent
>State? When you put on that uniform, you give up all autonomy, and become
>nothing more than a weapon, to be used for whatever evil purposes the
>scoundrels in government demand (and, if you look carefully, you will
>discover that the only interests THEY serve are those of the big
businesses
>that own them.)
>
>Finally, you have the hard-core psychopaths. These are the people who
WANT
>to kill. Murder, torture, rape; THESE are the American values upon which
>THIS group is focused. The cause doesn't matter, they're after the thrill
>that only warfare can provide.
>
>Just remember: killing for George W. Bush, or for George H.W. Bush, or
for
>Lyndon B. Johnson, or for Richard M. Nixon is not the same as defending
>yourself, your family, your friends, or your country. Don't be a dupe.
Don't
>Enlist!
>
>Remember -- supporting the troops means supporting Bush aggression,
>profiteering, and war crimes. Here's an idea: why not take those ribbons,
>dip them in blood, and mail them to the White House?
>
>- --
>Tom St.Denis
>
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>
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