RSSFuck the Troops pt.2
“Fuck The Troops.”
To many I have just committed an unforgivable sin against God and Country. Apparently, this notion is a betrayal of everything good and honorable about the so-called “Greatest Nation on Earth.”
Patriotism, are you serious?
What I hate most about holy war for oil and hegemony is this ridiculous notion of authority when, clearly, no accountability exists. Why the hell do people trust THE news as THE source for accurate information? They are not only consistently wrong and espouse biased ideas based on everything but objective journalism, they misinform through infotainment that is provided by PRIVATE CORPORATIONS whose only agenda comes from CEOs who have their own agenda- the bottom line. The magic of the Internet allows people access to the millions of varied news sources from around the world, but screw that I don’t want to read. I want “Bill O’Really” to tell me what to think instead. And damn it, it had better be entertaining!
What happens in a free market economy when the government and corporations compete for power, CEOs run shit? But, their word is not law (even if they are protected by bureaucratic red tape that keeps them exempt from face the responsibility of genocide) and when we follow the paper trail, we see the military industrial complex as real and sacrificing the lives of innocents to keep the industry running. We have spent over 1.2 TRILLION dollars and counting which our children’s children will be paying back. So, who’s getting paid? Why, the banks that are funding it and receiving compounded interest of course. “We the People” object, that is until it comes to supporting the “troops”- i.e. military funding and philosophy. Let’s be real- we support MEN who OWN these INSTITUTIONS that are FUNDING this WAR. Private jet with complimentary peanuts anyone?
As for me, I am tired of watching my friends go to war and wondering if I’ll ever see them again. Beating the war drums and then feigning surprise at the atrocities of war has become an American tradition. We for some reason believe that peoples who have fought to maintain their culture and traditions from outsiders (and indeed one another) for thousands of years will automatically lie down and surrender their dignity because the big bad Americans are coming. And we don’t discriminate between the few extremists amongst the millions of innocents. You really want to support our troops, stop feeding the war machine the bodies of our children so that it can churn out a healthy profit. For the apathetic, our eloquent Vice President, whose Halliburton stock blows up on the scale of the bombs we drop (making sure to miss the oil fields of course), summed it up nicely when asked how he feels about more than 2/3 of the country’s disagreement with this war now that it has passed its 5 year anniversary: “So?”
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alwayswrite
On the face of it, news is bullshit. It’s good, as you pointed out, that everyday people via internet can check the sources of news media, which is ridiculous b/c news at one time was a reliable and valuable source. That day is over and done with. I venture to say that people will NEVER regain trust in the news media. It’s filled with people. And people lie–period. When it comes down to it, news is like any other business–profit. If profit means fluffing the information or facts, then so be it. People double checking the news anyway.
As far as seeing friends after the war, I wouldn’t hold my breath. Though sad and insensitive to speak, people just ain’t coming back. And if they are, they ain’t the same. Either way, no one is getting the same person that left if/when that person returns. War atrocities are happening: Americans to the “Terrorists,” and the “Terrorists” to Americans. To be quite honest, WAR IS AN ATROCITY IN ITSELF.
Nice article, parts 1 and 2. Well done.
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Malia
GREAT PIECE TERRY!!!! I have been away for a minute, but I’m glad to see that you are keeping us all up on our political game. Before TROUBL I was just getting bits and pieces of info from the 10 o ‘clock news and of course it was always slanted toward their own views. All four of my cousins have gone to Iraq, one has gone on his second tour. I can tell you it changes who they are…..so when they do come back they have to relearn life, love, trust, loyalty, etc because their perception is warped big time. Then they warp their loved ones and they warp their kids……It’s a neverending cycle……
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Malia
Yes, the title is offensive and my peeps have loved ones there as well so I know it will hit a nerve. Perhaps you are trying to hit a nerve, I don’t know…
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Terry
Malia-
Thank you and yes the title is supposed to evoke an immediate emotion, whatever it may be. I’m tired of our passive acceptance of this war. People who are for the war make sense to me. They accept that we are at war and these are the casualties of it. But as Alwayswrite has already stated: people do not know what they are fighting for. I have friends and family that come back from “serving their country” and cannot put their lives back together. There is no reason or logic behind it outside of a slogan that stands on its own, obscure and supposedly self-evident. While the rest of the mainstream consciousness moves on and no longer cares to listen, people continue to die needlessly.
If people are offended by a statement, but not the war itself, that should be a signal that something is very very wrong in this country. The people are sheep. We view the world though clips, soundbites, and bumper stickers of yellow ribbon. Is it any wonder that the stereotypes of Americans from a world perspective begins with ignorance.
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