Bloody Headlines
Today's Review-Journal headline reads: IRAQ BOMBINGS KILL 130 - FOURTH DEADLIEST DAY SINCE SADDAM'S FALL. Remember when Bush told us that the "war is over"? Remember when VP Cheney told us that the insurgency was in its "last throes"?
I was watching the news the other day, and they did one of their moving "fallen heroes" blurbs, which are becoming ever more frequent. This was a kid (I unfortunately can't recall his name) who was just married, had dreams of becoming a cop, but when 9/11 hit, he felt he had to do something, so he joined the Army.
So, like so many other sons and daughters, he enlisted, went through training, then got shipped off to fight in a bogus war, where he ultimately gave his life. Yes, he's a hero. But did he die for a noble cause? Was he defending America, fighting for freedom, or was he a pawn in a game he wasn't even aware of? His innocent blood is on the hands of every greedy, deceitful politician and corporate warmonger who is responsible for this travesty. What a shame.
I was watching the news the other day, and they did one of their moving "fallen heroes" blurbs, which are becoming ever more frequent. This was a kid (I unfortunately can't recall his name) who was just married, had dreams of becoming a cop, but when 9/11 hit, he felt he had to do something, so he joined the Army.
So, like so many other sons and daughters, he enlisted, went through training, then got shipped off to fight in a bogus war, where he ultimately gave his life. Yes, he's a hero. But did he die for a noble cause? Was he defending America, fighting for freedom, or was he a pawn in a game he wasn't even aware of? His innocent blood is on the hands of every greedy, deceitful politician and corporate warmonger who is responsible for this travesty. What a shame.
1 Comments:
I don't know if I would call the kid a hero, I think that's stretching it a bit.
With patriotism propaganda spewing forth from every government orifice now a days, people are really start to apply the 'hero' label a little liberally, don't ya think? When the kid's defending nothing in the first place, he's not really doing anything to be considered a hero.
If I told you I was gonna give up college to go sit in front of your house all day and defend it from bengal tigers, and after spending two years there and no bengal tigers attacked your house, would I be considered a hero? No? Well no tigers attacked your house, did they? Then I must have done my job right! Now give me a medal ...
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