tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998867759586853536.post5877753932317527452..comments2024-03-08T06:19:34.837-08:00Comments on Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox: Intended Consequences: The Imperial Meat Wagon Rolls On by Cindy SheehanCindy Sheehan's Soapboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17978116636437776423noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998867759586853536.post-43559924379436643782014-06-18T19:29:26.533-07:002014-06-18T19:29:26.533-07:00I would say there was probably MORE than one reaso...I would say there was probably MORE than one reason per soldier for enlisting. While economics is a huge factor as you point out, I think these young people also lack a strong sense about the wrongness of war. I was, and still am, poor. I've never gone past community college mainly because I feared the cost and didn't want to fall into a bunch of debt. Why didn't I join the army? It's mainly because I had a very strong sense that it was wrong. Even if they paid for all my college plus a million dollars, I couldn't do it. I think these young people you saw probably believe they are doing the right thing by joining, I don't think they would have joined just for the money. They probably also care a lot about what other people think of them and they want to be admired and praised for their actions. The people who are praising these "heros" are just giving them one more reason to be stupid and die like dogs and for no good reason, as I believe Hemingway once said about war.<br /><br />As a teen I never cared much for other people and spent most of my time alone reading literature. It was during that time I read a book called "The Things they Carried" by Tim O Brien and I think it was that book more than any other that made me hate and fear war. It's a book I always recommend to people who haven't read it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998867759586853536.post-63379876895089947412014-06-16T16:02:15.771-07:002014-06-16T16:02:15.771-07:00At present, the 2003 US led invasion of Iraq has r...At present, the 2003 US led invasion of Iraq has resulted in the death of more than 600,000 Iraqi citizens, with a large percentage of them being women, and young children under the age of twelve. Prior to that, the US led food, drug and economic embargo imposed on Iraq during the 1990s led directly to the death of more than 500,000 women and children from malnutrition, infectious disease and out-right starvation. Yet a vast majority of Americans still consider their country to be a ‘shining beacon sitting upon a hill’, and of themselves as moral, caring people who have been given the unique mission of ridding the world of evil.Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04004818708247838480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998867759586853536.post-24801516461396864822014-06-16T10:29:08.241-07:002014-06-16T10:29:08.241-07:00Wow what a news flash! War is bad! Now what ?Wow what a news flash! War is bad! Now what ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998867759586853536.post-33433045208119609632014-06-15T20:44:36.894-07:002014-06-15T20:44:36.894-07:00In order to abhor death one must revere life. Sad...In order to abhor death one must revere life. Sadly many lack the capacity to appreciate life, of any kind. Subconsciously millions of Americans believe (or understand) that in order for us to thrive others must be denied. They also understand that denial implies explicitly, the denial of life itself. Politicians use "Our way of life" as code for the suppression, repression, and oppression, which must necessarily result from US aggression. We have become a predatory capitalist nation, a carnivorous culture, a consumer of civilizations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com