WAR! What's it been good for?

Hello blog, as the troops left the combat mission last night I wanted to touch up on a subject around that WAR. I think war has been America's shackles for a very long time. People crave war and want war. Interesting enough, however, most of them didn't serve when it was there time in Vietnam. I think we are obsessed with war, just look at how many wars we have fought since World War 2.




Since we started this "Global police" campaign it has been war after war to promote democracy across the entire globe. Sometimes it's for other causes like resources. Either way we have become obsessed with fighting wars every decade. We ended our Iraqi combat missions, but we still have Afghanistan and while we pay attention to that there’s this country just a little ways away called North Korea.



Oh, and don’t forget the costs. We paid out 500 billion last year for the Military. The 2nd highest total was China with only two hundred billion. Isn't that interesting? All this money constantly being thrown to wars, and we always ask where does it all go?! To the Military, good sir.

I'll tell you what I feel, I feel we have the lives in the hands of old men who didn't serve their country when they were called, but when they got behind a desk they thought we should always war. Just look at Dick Cheney. He refused to serve in Vietnam FIVE times, but look at his gun slinging ways in the past eight years. Interesting when your life isn't on the line, huh?



We’re constantly reminded that these men and woman fight for our freedoms. No, they’re fighting to win elections for people, but of course they don’t realize this. Don’t believe me? We got politicians running around saying there fighting to save the world in the Iraqi and Afghanistan war. If you make a common enemy for the American people you can and WILL get support. You'll vote for them every time if you believe the cause they stand behind in defending all of us and keeping us safe and promoting democracy.



We can let our own country get stripped of our own freedoms by saying that we the American public fight for freedom and the freedom from the terrorists. If you support this cause of war and say you’re fighting to stop injustices you are told you’re TOUGH. Remember Reagan? He was said to have the greatest foreign policy ever, right? War everyone and we all ran around saying he was TOUGH.



So they’re tough, huh? How about this? Politicians – Dems, republicans – it doesn't matter, you’re all to blame for this endless string of missions since WW2 ended, I'll support your causes for war 100% if you agree to send your own children to war. Send one legitimate family member to the armed forces and fight. Let's see how many "ayes" we get when voting to go to war.

Show some courage behind them desks. Don’t do the Bush Sr. plan and shoot yourself in the foot to prevent you from going. And don’t give five refusals to serve in Vietnam but get to be vice president and send us in the longest war in American history. Show some courage.



But don’t get me wrong, I respect the troops that fight, but I don’t think they SHOULD be fighting because a greedy politician wants to keep his spot and try to act like he's not "Weak". 

Remember, these are lives not chess pieces.