tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18105492.post8772217658217958054..comments2023-03-17T07:18:49.868-04:00Comments on Issues & Views - The Blog: Foot soldiers for everlasting warElizabeth Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06957503056880341197noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18105492.post-26158611403663338152009-10-08T21:28:21.827-04:002009-10-08T21:28:21.827-04:00Under the circumstances of having four family memb...Under the circumstances of having four family members at risk, I find your cavalier attitude astounding.<br /><br /><i>WWI and WWII were b.s. but we call them the great war and the good war. </i><br /><br />I would think that anyone enlightened enough to understand these two facts would be all the more determined not to support yet another round of "b.s."<br /><br /><i>And aren't we all following the same lying pols and polls? Whether the subject is healthcare, crime, social programs, bailouts</i><br /><br />Not exactly the same as being blown to bits by an IED. <br /><br /><i>I think Iraq has been won over</i><br /><br />Won over to what? And why? Now who's spouting a cliche?Elizabeth Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06957503056880341197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18105492.post-23789980378523147252009-10-08T16:11:11.118-04:002009-10-08T16:11:11.118-04:00Getting in and out of things is not as simple as y...Getting in and out of things is not as simple as you make it sound. WWI and WWII were b.s. but we call them the great war and the good war. <br /><br />"Atrocity" is a word bandied about by many armchair warriors. The situation is not as dire as some would have us believe.<br /><br />And aren't we all following the same lying pols and polls? Whether the subject is healthcare, crime, social programs, bailouts, war... <br /><br />Until someone has a solution to topple the lying "ruling class" - which I think is a fool's errand - then we each do the best we can with the b.s. we have.<br /><br />"Sending others to die" is a cliche. Every president has sent others to die. I think Iraq has been won over, Afghanistan would be if the military ran the show rather than the corrupt suits in D.C. who do as their biggest donors advise them. <br /><br />The youth in our inner cities are more at risk of dying from b.s. than our troops. <br /><br />Like most Americans, my sons are doing their job, and a good deal of it is doing good things where they are.<br /><br />As my daddy used to say, sometimes the only way out of b.s. is put on the hip boots and wade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18105492.post-84888651188131339822009-10-08T11:52:29.863-04:002009-10-08T11:52:29.863-04:00Anonymous wrote:
All wars are b.s., created and m...Anonymous wrote: <br /><i>All wars are b.s., created and managed that the global ruling classes.</i><br /><br />Well, I am flabbergasted over how you can make a statement like this, while accepting the fact that your four sons are risking their lives in the midst of this "b.s.," as you call it. <br /><br />And, yes, it is overdue that individuals take responsibility for what they are commanded to do by "bullshitters." <br /><br />So if we do not "win" this atrocity, we are a "disgraced nation?" Only then? I think we have already disgraced ourselves, first in Iraq, and now in Afghanistan, and perhaps soon in Pakistan, and who knows where else the "b.s.-ers" will find to send others to die. You actually talk of "lying politicians" who get us into wars, but you don't mind your sons following their lies. Isn't one of the roles of parents to help their children sort out the lies? <br /><br />I am flabbergasted.Elizabeth Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06957503056880341197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18105492.post-48035117513489566312009-10-08T00:23:10.704-04:002009-10-08T00:23:10.704-04:00This is probably the first piece you've writte...This is probably the first piece you've written that I find a bit hyperbolic and a little one-sided. <br /><br />"... who bought the war and "patriotism" propaganda, or were too fearful to challenge the system and the society to which they might return." - Slandering all decent men and women in uniform as ignorant or cowardly? <br /><br />I have no respect for BushCo, did not support initiating these wars - but I have even less respect for those who enlist aware we are in war, and then change their minds b/c it turns out not to be a Reaganish weekend war. <br /><br />What is most cynical are those who listen to empty suits and gasbag propaganda and believe they have found friends and comrades.<br /><br />And, yes I have 4 sons in the military, and want them home now - but honorably and with a mission successful - not hanging from a helicopter for Hollywood to make movies of a disgraced nation, until the next lying politician gets us into another war which the media may or may not portray as justified. All wars are b.s., created and managed that the global ruling classes.<br /><br />KateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18105492.post-55546494081042673462009-10-07T15:32:43.906-04:002009-10-07T15:32:43.906-04:00Great article. Keep up the good work.Great article. Keep up the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com