A know a man. Call him Eddie. He’s African American, going on about 63. When he was a boy he had no real home or much education, so when he was eighteen he took the only option available to him. He joined the military. That was 1967.
He must have be...
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Lee Adler
Editor and Publisher
Posted 10 February 2012 - 03:30 PM #2
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Grizzly Bear Posted 10 February 2012 - 04:42 PM
At the end of the story..........
-------------------------- "Of course the CBO numbers don’t measure the real cost. What is the cost of a busted life? You can’t put a number on it. We have some very big debts to pay to the soldiers that have come home recently. (Don’t blame them for wars – they just fight them.) I’m concerned that we will renege on those promises. I think the CBO is too, that’s probably why it wrote the report. I’m writing about this because the CBO report reminded me of Eddie. And that got me to thinking how fucking stupid these wars have been". http://www.slate.com...ost_of_911.html #3
SuperCycleBear
Grizzly Bear
Posted 10 February 2012 - 07:12 PM
We all make our choices and live with consequences...
The USA has been so wrong in its foreign policy for so long, it just beggars belief. People who sign up to go to war for whatever reason cannot hide from what comes down the line. And when it does, I for one find it hard to have empathy for them.
There is symmetry in most things. In the markets, the greed on the way up is equal to the fear on the way down.
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Lee Adler
Editor and Publisher
Posted 10 February 2012 - 08:08 PM
For most of these young people, it's a job with a guaranteed income and benefits, and a glamorous one at that. They usually have limited, or no other viable choices. They're promised high tech training, "pride," adventure. Come here and watch the recruiting commercials some time. Your perspective would be altered.
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SuperCycleBear
Grizzly Bear
Posted 10 February 2012 - 08:37 PM
We have the same ads here for defense force recruiting. A total glorification of war and misrepresentation of reality.
Imperialism needs its foot soldiers. I don't want the fruits of their "victories" and tribulations but I get them anyway.
There is symmetry in most things. In the markets, the greed on the way up is equal to the fear on the way down.
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HYPERTlGER
Grizzly Bear
Posted 10 February 2012 - 09:47 PM
It's the city of London (foreign) policy.
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