Discover Within the Courage to Resist Violence

Discover within the Courage to Dare and Resist Violence

          So, it’s soon to be Armistice Day this 11-11-12.  This is also called Remembrance Day, the day WW1 ended with a armistice signing on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month 1918. This was called the war to end all wars since it was so horrific and odious that a future war at this magnitude would seemingly be insane.  It was so repulsive and horrific that dozens of nations decided to outlaw war forever by signing an agreement to finally end the scourge of war forever. Endorsed in 1928 and still on the books called the Kellog-Briand Pact and legally it is still binding.
      So much for the memories which only lasted till 1954 when it became a Americanized federal holiday to honor American vets which makes it the 6th time within the year hired guns are  celebrated to honor the dishonorable.  With 5 holidays other glorifying narcissist self-worship by those bookends of evil-patriotism-militarism enough is enough.  Do you folks see a pattern here?
         Off to terrorize by vicious assault peoples all over the world not in defensive protection of American shores but to acquire by force trade routes, contracts and acquisition of resources.  So that Americans can live the lifestyle of selfish locusts. The war to end all wars, to make the world safe from, I mean safe for democracy.  From this odious war came WW2, morphing into the cold war to spill into our present war of terror on terror using terror, everything usable but the kitchen sink .  Always an enemy to fear fight and conquer from the genocide and ethnic cleansing of 330+ Indian tribes to our present slaughter we are committing around the world which couldn’t be done without troops and support.
          I understand that nations need to defend their borders as in our case, from FBI plants, Retaliation from CIA terror attacks on allies, civilians, American citizens, from southern neighbors coming back to their land that was stolen by us. But our troopers are used for aggressive warfare all over the world and it is not just immoral it is illegal and cuts against what the founding fathers warned us about.  The war on terror, support our troops and the other meaningless, silly slogans designed to compel one and all to fall in line in quiet obedience and compliance.  Because we support the troops does it mean that we support the policies that send our kids to kill and die in lands not our own?
     Thank you Marine General Butler who said: “War is a Racket". For understanding the oxymoron of unfree troopers fighting for freedom in nations that just want to be free from our violent meddling.  Thank you for becoming unthinking assassinations  not of your nation’s defense but self-serving snarling and greedy growling at the owners call.
Thank you from the graves of over 1 million Iraqis, Hundreds of thousands of Afghans, slaughtered people all over the world just to make you feel good and warm about an odious  thing.
      What honor is there in dishonorable acts?  Heroes are those who save lives not take them. Support the troops?  Is this an implication to basically; support the team?  What if the ‘team’ is committing acts that are illegal and immoral violating virtually everything the team members were taught as children at home, at church and at school to honor as probity?
     If I can convince one kid not to join the military, then I have accomplished much. Thank a vet for  becoming a gangsta’ of capitalism, a war ho, becoming un-American by joining a force that has morphed into the greatest terrorist criminal organization the world has ever known, that is nefarious?  Thank a vet for being a killing machine for the 1%?  Thank a vet for being un-American by committing un-American acts?  I’m not ungrateful, just a bit more honest and objective, less nationalistic and a bit more empathetic to your victims. That would be the quintessence of oxymoron.  I simply prefer to follow the prince of peace who teaches one to love ones enemy and commands us not to kill than to blindly without conscience to follow the god of war.  Thank a vet? This addiction to manic militarism whatever we do patriotism is killing this land.  Thank a vet? No thanks.