Originally posted by Shami
Do you believe in this war? Or do you think our soldiers are wasting their lives, fighting for what they believe in?
What do you think the soldiers believe? Soldiers are told to go to war, their only other option is to be brought up on charges. They fight, because that is what they
have to do. They are told some line of bs about how this war is necessary and good and right and justified and then they load up and get shipped off. If they are lucky they will return and can retire and live out there lives. If not, they die in combat, their families suffer, and do you know the reason why? Because the President said so.
Good enough for you?
If someone told you to walk into the middle of a busy intersection would you do it because that person said to? Probably not, yet our soldiers (our brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, fathers and mothers) get sent to their deaths because someone sitting in an office said it should be done. Hell they don\'t even get to die on their own soil, in the arms of their loved ones. They don\'t get to say goodbye. Some of them don\'t even get to see their children being born. They don\'t get to come home at night and kiss their kids, wives, husbands, goodnight. No bedtime stories for them. No birthdays. No graduations. No weddings.
Have you paid attention to all the little flags and banners and t-shirts being worn, or paraded on vehicles or put up as posters? They say \"Support our Troops\" \"Pray for our Soldiers\".... They never say \"Pray for our children\" \"Support our Parents\" and so on. It is so much easier to disconnect when they are
soldiers or
troops. It is much easier to justify the fact that they are being sent to die for a pointless and fruitless cause. If we were constantly reminded that the soldier who just died, for absolutely no reason other than the whim of the President, was your neighbors son, or daughter or the father or mother of your childs friend, etc, we would be putting up a hell of an argument to get them back.
Contrary to popular opinion, disagreeing with your government leaders is not unpatriotic. Bush should be held accountable, but the American people won\'t do it, because they\'ve become complacent. The rest of the government won\'t do it becuase they are too busy bickering over petty issues. And Bush won\'t admit to it and back down himself, because well...why should he? Out of decency? Respect? Honor? Common courtesy? He will never admit he sent 2000 children to their death for no reason, and that doesn\'t count the children of other nations that died because of his influence.
