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I hear this talk of soldiers defending freedoms quite a lot, but see very little evidence for it. Mostly I see invasions of other countries to seize their assets or install favorable (and often unpopular) regimes. Or worse, faceless men and women dropping bombs by remote control.
Are these acts of state-sanctioned terrorism defending my freedom? I don't see how. No Iraqi ever threatened my freedom, but we did kill a million of them and somehow US corporations ended up with their oil. Funny how that worked out.
Not in my name Jason. The real enemy that threatens my freedoms are in the boardrooms and congresses at lot closer to home.
Why don't you move somewhere without an Army and see how well you like soldiers then. Because until you do, you're living in the lap of security that soldiers provide with their time and their lives. They're out there doing things you're too cowardly to even comprehend. You'd rather be a keyboard ranger and attack the very people who provide you the freedom to attack them.
You, Mark Micallef, are the worst kind of ignorant. You place blame on the soldier when you're really upset at the policymakers. You're too dull to even realize your misplaced anger.
All I have to say to you is Not In My Name. The idea that people like you protect our freedoms is pure propaganda (which is a nice word for b-s).
Let me see if I can recall what I wrote:
Mark Micallef, your previous post contained no facts, either. Merely conjecture and blame. Misplaced blame at that. What you have is a negative opinion on international affairs and have decided to place blame on the soldier (and presumably, airmen, Marines and sailors).
You're a shortsighted fool.
Otherwise it's really just a lot of talk done under the blanket protection of freedoms secured by the very ones you so quickly condemn.
I can't help noticing in this week's news the spiralling fall of Iraq to various jihadist groups. When we went in, the official line was that Iraq had long-range WMDs. Of course, that turned out to be a blatant lie. Then it was programs of WMDs. Another lie. Then it was that Saddam had links to jihadists. Yet more lies (this one quite blatant, if anything the former dictator had much to fear from the rise of jihadism). Finally, it was delivering democracy, a confection to keep the public pacified while US corporations pumped Iraqi oil. Follow the money trail, and you always get to the truth.
People like you are pawns in this game, thugs for corporate capitalism fed a steady diet of inspirational bullshit about defending freedom. But defending freedom for who? And from what? The freedom of transnational corporations to exploit and impoverish those who don't get a vote. Certainly. But protecting the common freedoms of our western democracies? That's a fairytale.
Perhaps you think Iraq was a one-off? The product of a corrupt regime that is now history. Regrettably, Iraq was one in a long series of US military adventures in support of corporate power. From the Banana Wars in the Caribbean in support of the United Fruit Company to modern day oil wars, it's one long racket in support of corporate power.
As conservative commentator Thomas Friedman pointed out in the NY Times, where McDonalds goes, McDonnell Douglas is never far behind. But this idea was better summed by decorated USMC Major General Smedley Butler in his book, "War Is a Racket".
It is you who has been played a fool. Next time, serve your country by staying at home and refusing to participate in terrorism.
Again, your post does nothing more than reiterate my previous point: you have a problem with the policymakers and yet you're placing blame on the soldier. You're an idiot, Mark Micallef.
I never claimed Iraq was a correct or moral decision.
I never defended the military-industrial complex.
I never claimed the USA or Iraqi politics were ethical or justified.
I said soldiers aren't terrorists and you're a fool to think so.
When I think about my freedoms, like the freedom of speech which I enjoy, or my rights at work, the right to choose any religion or even no religion, or the many other freedoms I enjoy on a daily basis, I thank the army of progressive activists down through history who have campaigned for and won those freedoms, the progressive politicians who enacted them, and the labor movement which fought on the industrial battlegrounds for our rights and dignity at work. Not the armed forces.
And when I think about who opposed those freedoms, it was always the established interests. Business, backed and protected as always by those with a legal monopoly on violence, both physical and economic. And who are their hired muscle? The police and armed forces.
When's the last time we had a credible external threat to our freedoms? World War II? The soviets were so busy executing their own commanders they could barely keep their own house in order. The jihadists, a home goal courtesy of Carter and Brzezinski.
So please, do explain how this "protecting our freedoms" works in your personal mythology.
I was actually just in a Community moderator's community discussing this particular conversation: how you took it off track and how you're beating a dead horse. The consensus is I've been too lenient on your behavior, so I'm going to ask this just the once:
If you're not posting about motorcycle related stuff, take it to your own stream or a relevant community.
I believe everyone has a right to their own opinion, even when I don't agree with it, which is why I haven't taken steps to remove your comments or this conversation already. However, this isn't the proper place for you to vent your political opinion.
You turned it into a political discussion.
I've only ever banned one person from this community because he was spammer. You're getting dangerously close to being the second.