Blah,blah, yea I know they’re hero’s…
January 2, 2010 by Dirk
Don’t mean to be cynic, “a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be” but…
If you really want to help the suffering and the down-trodden, do not join the fucking military, particularly not the infantry. Armies do one thing kill ,soldiers care about two things, interchangeably,the guy(s) next to them & surviving.
Armies are not made up of a bunch of gun toting Mother Teresa’s in search of a group hug, nor are they looking to build schools .
Thing is when you talk to some of the older ex-soldiers who have survived war and have had a bit of time to digest and reflect . Many have similar things to say e.g, war is not a solution it foretells nothing but misery,for both the soldiers and civilians. Although the burden placed on the civilian population,mostly women & children, is by far the greatest
So who’s fault is it that we as peoples and nations never seem to learn the lessons ?
I do feel for the families who have lost sons and daughters in Afghanistan. Indeed what could be worse than losing a son or daughter.
But I have to say I distrust the motives of the media ,politicians and blogger’s. Who feel they must re-print the last letters & words ,seems to be a trend these days, of some of the soldiers killed in this pointless war .
I believe those that do, do for reasons having more to do with themselves & their particular opinions than any respect they might have for the dead.
Crocodile tears,come to mind…
Notice they never talk about the soldiers or families who publicly come out as being critical of this stupid pointless war.
No those soldiers and families are ignored or their words are dismissed as being part of the grieving process,particular to them.
Might muddy up all those simplistic ego stroking narratives of supposed good wars and the predictable balderdash about freedom & bringing democracy etc,etc…
In-fact there is nothing quite as repulsive and pathetic as the predictable crowing of the pro-war crowd. Particularly that which emanates from the living rooms of the well off, living lives of total safety & privilege ,here in the so called developed/civilized West.
weak article dude. Not much substance. Kind of a thanks but fuck you approach.
Not sure what the point was.
yea perhaps, but definitly not the intention. That said the hero rehetoric is just so irksome,belongs in comic books.
But seeing as you brought up the subject no body does ‘thank you but go fuck yourself” quite as predictably as the government. Once the soldiers come home they are quickly & mostly forgotten. Many have to fight for the most basic things such as wheelchairs,help dealing with PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder)…things owed to them by the same government, which sent then in harms way in the first place. Pumped up with all the phony talk of fighting for freedom etc etc