On the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, a totally
unnecessary war that cost thousands of American lives, hundreds of thousands of
Iraqi lives and trillions of dollars, we have a cadre of armchair generals in
the Capital (both Republicans and Democrats)
calling for America to intervene militarily in Syria based on second-hand
reports of rebels using chemical weapons. Some are already calling for boots on
the ground.
Jesus H. Christ. Where do these morons come from? Why are
they in positions of power? Why do we keep sending soulless, callous, clueless
dolts to Washington to vote on matters of life and death? No country that
continues voting for people like Michele Bachmann, Lindsey Graham, and yes,
even Dianne Feinstein, can stand the test of time.
Our elected officials seem determined to keep us in a state
of never-ending war, constantly sending young men and women off to a jungle or
a desert to die or be maimed for life to satisfy the blood lust of a fading
empire and war profiteers who are already rolling in piles of gold.
I make a modest, but serious, proposal. Any elected official
in congress who votes for war or any military action involving violence must
either a) have served in the military or b) have an immediate family member
serving in the military. They are so anxious to send off faceless, nameless
Americans to die in foreign countries, maybe, just maybe, they might be a bit
more reflective and cautious if they were involving someone they loved in the
bloodshed.
It will never happen, but maybe someone has a better way to
stop the war madness that plagues America’s elites.
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