Absolutely nothing has changed about the US war machine since Vietnam, except those who participate in its carnage now do so willingly. There is zero honor in this.
The military rot runs deep, and is clearly not just confined to its civilian leadership.
Civilian oversight is ineffectual when those doing so are regularly lied to, or what I suspect more likely, lie to themselves while eyeing cushy jobs as board-members upon their retirement from what is still grotesquely referred to as public service.
Corporate print media's role in covering a wide array of official malfeasance is spotty at best. Broadcast media is even worse. Investigations take time, but wrongdoing -- when we do learn of it -- is too often presented as only happening in the past.
The current regime of democrats are totally incapable (unwilling) of rectifying this situation. Donald Trump likewise proved to be not up to the task. Anyone continuing to vote for either "option" is only embracing these problems, not fixing them.
Who, when their country was invaded, wouldn't pick up a weapon to defend themselves? Such people are not my enemy.
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Absolutely nothing has changed about the US war machine since Vietnam, except those who participate in its carnage now do so willingly. There is zero honor in this.
The military rot runs deep, and is clearly not just confined to its civilian leadership.
Civilian oversight is ineffectual when those doing so are regularly lied to, or what I suspect more likely, lie to themselves while eyeing cushy jobs as board-members upon their retirement from what is still grotesquely referred to as public service.
Corporate print media's role in covering a wide array of official malfeasance is spotty at best. Broadcast media is even worse. Investigations take time, but wrongdoing -- when we do learn of it -- is too often presented as only happening in the past.
The current regime of democrats are totally incapable (unwilling) of rectifying this situation. Donald Trump likewise proved to be not up to the task. Anyone continuing to vote for either "option" is only embracing these problems, not fixing them.
Who, when their country was invaded, wouldn't pick up a weapon to defend themselves? Such people are not my enemy.