Post by => Vox Populi ©Post by => Vox Populi ©Nobody said anything about keeping me "free" you blithering ignoramus.
What was stated, and is fact, is that morons like you are ignorant enough
to buy the lies and propaganda and die to protect the $$, greed and power
of the wealthy elite of society.
The wealthy keep themselves "free" by having enough $$ to employ fools
like you,
Post by => Vox Populi ©and purchase other powerful "allies" as needed.
I work to protect all Americans, . . .
I'm not persuaded that arguing back and forth like you've been doing
with Vox shows that you ``work to protect all Americans''. While you
are arguing on the internet, more American soldiers have died in Iraq
and you've failed to protect them.
Actually, the Pentagon is talking about calling up more reservists and
guards for the occupation mission in Iraq, even though it will hurt
the already weakened economy if it does become a decision. If you
really are working for the Army right now, why aren't you there to
relieve some of the overworked fellow soldiers who want to come home?
You could at least replaced that GI who called for Rumsfeld's
resignation on ABCNews or at least go stand before one of those who
were shot at to protect him/her from being shot at.
One real issue is that all the people who argue for the war and then
the occupation are typically those who aren't at risk nor required to
do any fighting.
Another is that by supporting the war and now the occupation, you are
directly risking the lives of Americans, soldiers in places they are
hated or unwanted and civilians, here and abroad, everywhere in the
world, because of the suffering the war and occupation have caused.
The following article illustrates these two points very well: Here,
Major General Buford Blount's wife, well protected from the danger of
fighting is making phony speeches to stifle dissent while more
soldiers have died since and will die in the future.
The idea that criticism would embolden the enemy and thus risk drawing
more attacks is clearly ludicrous. The attackers do not decide to
stop simply because they haven't see any criticism in the open from US
soldiers when they are determined and have added up the number of hits
they've scored. This general's wife is simply not in a position to
speak to the wives of soldiers under her husband's command. She
doesn't have to worry about her husband's safety very much because
unless there are B2 bombers coming to bomb his division headquarter,
he's not exposed to life-threatening danger, unlike the husbands of
those women. And she had the gall to imply their actions had the
effect of encouraging the enemy and ``diminishing the resolve of the
American people to complete the task in Iraq''.
So what does she have in mind for the husbands of these women in
anguish? (Ans.: ``to complete the task in Iraq'', however long!)
"We are committed to being in Iraq for the long haul," she said,
adding the mission would not be completed until a democratic
government is established in Iraq.
And what did she say, furthermore?
``Leaving now would further fuel hatred of the US in the region at
a time when "more Arab people hate America today than ever before,''
First, she claims, perhaps correctly but without attributing the true
cause, ``more Arab people hate America today than ever before''.
Then, a non-sequitur of ``Leaving now would further fuel hatred of the
US in the region''. If she were honest, she would have been able to
point out that the reason why more Arab people hate America today than
every before is because America has acted like a thug due to its
greedy, lying rulers. And if she could reason, then the logical
conclusion to the premise of America being hated more today is to ask
America to redeem itself, renounce its thuggish way, and bring the
troops home. Nope, but that doesn't advance her husband's career, she
must have reckoned.
The logic of war is wicked. First you make threat. Then you say you
can't back down or you'll lose credibility. So you make war. Then
you say you must use maximum force to protect your own troops and
minimize the distance to victory, regardless of the devastation and
how many people will be sacrificed. Then you impose your will on
other people regardless of their sentiment and with or without their
consent because you must have control over your hard earned success.
And finally, you must fight any resistance, even though it is a direct
result of your unilateral, oppressive actions, because again, your
credibility and your prestige in the world will be damaged if you
don't. The logic of war suits the politicians and the generals who
hold power and aren't at risk while they can freely expend the sons
and daughters and husbands and wives of ordinary citizens like printed
money.
The logic of war does not admit the step of admitting mistakes and
therefore correcting them. There is no redemption in the logic of
war. So no wonder, war is fully and totally rejected by the man from
Nazareth who valued (and values) aboveall ^life^ for all.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children
of God.
Jesus of Nazareth, according to Matthews 5:9
lo yeeOn
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U.S. National - AFP
US army wives warned criticism can play into Iraqi fighter' hands
Fri Jul 18, 3:54 PM ET
HINESVILLE, Texas (AFP) - Disgruntled army wives have been warned that
their complaints about their husband's continued deployment in Iraq
(news - web sites) could play into enemy hands and further endanger US
troops on the ground.
"We need to be aware of the possible outcome of our outcries that
could backfire on us directly," said Anita Blount, whose husband Major
General Buford Blount commands the US 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq.
Many spouses of 3rd ID soldiers deployed in Iraq have criticized a
recent decision to postpone indefinitely the division's return.
"When the Iraqis see media coverage of disgruntled Americans, publicly
campaigning for the return of our soldiers from Iraq, they are
encouraged and believe their strategy is working," Anita Blount said
in an open letter to spouses of deployed soldiers published this week.
"They believe that their continued attacks on American soliders are
having the desired effect and are diminishing the resolve of the
American people to complete the task in Iraq," she said.
"We are committed to being in Iraq for the long haul," she said,
adding the mission would not be completed until a democratic
government is established in Iraq.
Leaving now would further fuel hatred of the US in the region at a
time when "more Arab people hate America today than ever before," she
said in the letter printed in The Frontline, the 3rd ID's newspaper.