I guess now would be a good time to ask ourselves some questions.
Recently a young man, a marine, was killed in Afghanistan and a photograph was taken of him shortly before he died. The family didn't want it used, but the media showed it anyway, a desire to show the disgustingness of war. Our children dying. Other peoples children dying. Now we should ask ourselves some questions as it has come out that many heads in the military are questioning the motive of the increase of the U.S. presence in Afghanistan. There are no clear goals, as they put it.
What is the war in Afghanistan about?
Many here in the states say it is for "freedom," but I don't feel more free. The economy is tanking. I just heard a story on Democracy Now of how a young woman was killed by her insurance company when they denied her transplant, then rescinded in time for her to die on her 17th birthday. Homelessness and unemployment are on the rise. The list goes on and on, so I can't really believe that the military is fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq for our "freedom." Just because we aren't quite slaves doesn't mean we are free.
No doubt that young man was brave, Loved, and vital to his family and community. Robert Gates had this to say about it:
The US defence secretary, Robert Gates, condemned the decision by the news agency Associated Press to publish. "I cannot imagine the pain and suffering Lance Corporal Bernard's death has caused his family. Why your organisation would purposefully defy the family's wishes, knowing full well that it will lead to yet more anguish, is beyond me.
"Your lack of compassion and common sense in choosing to put this image of their maimed and stricken child on the front page of multiple American newspapers is appalling."
Ok, good question Mr. Gates. Here's some for you. Why did you send these folks son over to Afghanistan? What is the U.S. military there for? What are they trying to accomplish? What kind of compassion do you feel for folks when you send their children to die in a war that there is no clear reason why we are fighting it?Afghanistan, like Iraq used to be, was rather progressive. In the '70's women were even wearing mini-skirts. Then the U.S., with the help of Zbignew Brzinski lead Russia to a prolonged war with Afghanistan which eventually led to Russia's economic collapse. The U.S., through the CIA helped finance the Mujahadeen, who became the Taliban and Al-Queda. Even helped train them. Ronald Reagan even called these folks the U.S. now calls enemies the equivalent of the founding fathers of this nation.
Prior to 9-11, as it were, Colin Powell made the joke we are running out of enemies.
9-11 happens with a lot of unanswered questions around that, and now Colin Powell has found lotsa enemies.
King Cheney and co-King Bush, Oil folks, decide to go to war with Al-Queda, and might as well bomb the folks of Afghanistan along with them, or instead of then. Soft targets are easier kills, as Reagan demonstrated in Central America in the '80's. Oddly, folks want to build a pipeline from Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan through Afghanistan. Could this be why the U.S. is slaughtering the children of others by putting the children of its citizens lives on the line?
War is not pretty. There is nothing romantic about it. There is nothing adventuresome unless you are not taking up arms like Gates, Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Bush, Cheney, etc., but profiting heavily from it.
The Oregonian had a headline the other day that with so many businesses heading downward, the only upward business turns out to be arms. Could this be why the U.S. is sending folks off to kill and be killed or otherwise damaged in Afghanistan and Iraq? What hell...HELL...has the U.S. put the people of these nations through with such genocidal business practices?
Can you tell me, Mr. Gates, why you sent this young man to his death? It certainly wasn't freedom? We can see that by just looking around us. We all know there is a lot of money to be made in killing the folks of other nations. Is that why you sent this young man off to be killed? Is that why you sent off all the others to kill and be killed? Are our soldiers still raping their female comrades? Are their female comrades still occasionally dying from dehydration by not drinking water in the evenings not wanting to go to the latrine during the night for fear of getting raped? What about Forward Base Falcon? I believe 10-10 will be the 3rd anniversary. I'll have to check my math.
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