Memorial Day

If the politics of war hadnt been what they now are, I could feel somewhat better about this day. I mean to escape totalitarian domination by any government is an happiness that exceeds personal wealth. It is second only to good health. Since the advent of industry, the nature of war has become so economically evident that the merchants should put their advertising on the soldiers uniforms.
"Haliburton, Here because we need to be."
What was Vietnam all about? We were gonna stop the dominoe effect of communisism in the far east. Yawn. We killed a bunch and I mean a big bunch of po whites and blacks in that mess. Not to mention the millions of Vietnamese that were slaughtered. The rich ones didnt even go. You could buy your way out, or go to Canada.
What is the attack of Iraq all about? It has to be that the US needed a reason to Occupy one of these fine sandy areas for its economic benifit. Bush has Saddam Husseins pistol in the white house. BFD. Two soldiers a day die for that.
We now for the first time in our 200+ years posess a standing professional army. Prior to WWII we had a token force that was built upon during an emergency. (Like the japs attacking Pearl Harbor) Now we have an Army of One that gets its measley pay and dies in the sand dunes for a purpose that no one gets, led by someone who wouldnt go to war himself. Quale, Clinton, Bush. No goe. Yet they enjoyed the luxury of telling OTHER americans that they could go be killed in a foreign country for yet unknown reasons. We went to Bosnia, to liberate Muslims for christs sake. Or Petes sake, I dont know. Now they want us out and dead. Why didnt we go after that Osama bin Laden who at least ADMITTED he did what he did. There is evidence that he did it, and he's still rummin around the planet while the newly "indepenent" Iraqi's kill each other and our soldiers in a power struggle over who controls what. And it will be YEARS before anyone gets us out of there with peaceful ramification rather than more bloodshed, I dont care what al gore says.
I was in the army in 1970-71. They threw me out cause they said I was 'undesirable' and they were right to do that. I wouldnt kill anyone I didnt like for a reason that was unclear and indistinguishable from imperialistic governmental impetus. And I enjoy the freedom that my father helped create by wasting the japs in the pacific. A job I also would have givin my life for. I would have gone lookin for Osama. But they dont want to do that. They want to run Iraq cause well Haliburton can get richer. Thats why. All this talk about freedom and liberty always comes out when they want you kill someone for them and feel good about it. Its bullshit and they know it but it works in small towns. Evidently.
Bowe
PS dont forget to google:
Rex Stratton Santa at the Gulag
and listen to the music