Hard to imagine we're at 'war'. How has it impacted on you personally thus far? Anything?
For most the answer will be it hasn't. Neither Iraq or Afghanistan we're even mentioned by the network news this evening.
Two wars ongoing with absolutely no price to pay for the vast majority of Americans? How is this possible? Easy - avoid the draft by forcing national guard men and women into 5,6,7 tours of duty essentially ruining their lives and for some even their minds. Then make up any deficit in numbers of "warm bodies" needed on the ground with for profit civilians. In Vietnam there was one civilian support personnel for every 6 troops. Today? 1:1. And they are no longer just behind the lines - increasingly these civilians are carrying and using weapons.
War fought by a small increasingly isolated and abused group of men and women in the military, backed by a for profit industry who's employees earn 5-10 times as much while their bosses rake in billions in profit of taxpayer dollars.Oh how noble this modern warfare has become. If were going to engage in war its got to hurt - all of us. Anything short of that is slimy, corrupt, and un-American.
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