Let those rich, old white men fight their wars. It is as simple as that. I don’t know why people have to buy into some stupid patriotic bullshit about dying for love of country. To hell with that. It is all just a big public relations stunt to get people to get on board with fighting rich, white men’s wars. If they want war bad enough, they can take their asses overseas and fight, but they have willing stooges to fight their wars for profit for them. And even in this day and age of information at our fingertips, we are still falling for the lies and PR campaigns. When are we going to take responsibility for our complicit role in fighting the warmongers wars?
You make some excellent points, Shelby. The only cause for optimism I can see is that Congress (owing to strong public opposition) was able to stop Obama from bombing the shit out of Syria. Thanks for your comment.
Thanks for your comment, Alan. This was supposed to be a reblog from another WordPress site, but I note WordPress has shut the site down (like Facebook, Google, Twitter and Youtube, WordPress has started shutting down blogs with “extremist” views. Yesterday they shut down Scott Creighton’s American Everyman blog. I’ve made a complaint to WordPress customer service. We need to stick together or they will take us all down:
Let those rich, old white men fight their wars. It is as simple as that. I don’t know why people have to buy into some stupid patriotic bullshit about dying for love of country. To hell with that. It is all just a big public relations stunt to get people to get on board with fighting rich, white men’s wars. If they want war bad enough, they can take their asses overseas and fight, but they have willing stooges to fight their wars for profit for them. And even in this day and age of information at our fingertips, we are still falling for the lies and PR campaigns. When are we going to take responsibility for our complicit role in fighting the warmongers wars?
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You make some excellent points, Shelby. The only cause for optimism I can see is that Congress (owing to strong public opposition) was able to stop Obama from bombing the shit out of Syria. Thanks for your comment.
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War is a business – that’s all you need to know.
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Thanks for your comment, Alan. This was supposed to be a reblog from another WordPress site, but I note WordPress has shut the site down (like Facebook, Google, Twitter and Youtube, WordPress has started shutting down blogs with “extremist” views. Yesterday they shut down Scott Creighton’s American Everyman blog. I’ve made a complaint to WordPress customer service. We need to stick together or they will take us all down:
https://memoryholeblog.org/2018/08/15/internet-censorship-appeal-to-reinstate-american-everyman/
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