I think this is a subject that actually makes me more angry than any other part of this dumb war (well, that and the amount of damage we've done to a vulnerable country). People sitting at home arguing pros and cons, that's just rhetoric. But these are very young boys--most of them lower class or lower middle--who haven't gotten enough experience of the world to realize what we're getting them into, and they're lied to and manipulated and then on top of that we won't support them properly. And then how much else do they affect when they come home and are too hurt and damaged to be fathers and husbands and brothers and friends, etc.?
Of course the people at the top end of the war-machine never have to see this fall-out. But it sure does ripple across the bottom end, especially if you live in a military-heavy town.
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on 2008-05-26 04:42 pm (UTC)Of course the people at the top end of the war-machine never have to see this fall-out. But it sure does ripple across the bottom end, especially if you live in a military-heavy town.