From: tomstdenis{at}gmail.com

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It's getting a bit tiresome seeing one misguided American after another
with their cutsie little yellow or red-white-blue ribbons on their outsized
SUVs. Yeah, I guess it's the thing to do; maybe part of that whole
soccer-mom culture. Unfortunately, the only thing they demonstrate is that
the person behind the wheel is a clueless, gullible, misguided, nitwit.

If foreign invaders landed on our soil, as we have done in Iraq, I would be
the first one to take up arms and repel them. (I suppose that would make me
an 'insurgent' by OUR logic.) This, and other aggressive governments have
always done their utmost to make it APPEAR as if committing yourself to
kill in feuds on distant shores that have nothing to do with the welfare of
the citizenry is somehow patriotic.

It is not.

Enlisting in the armed forces, in the absence of a real and impending
foreign threat, is no different that hiring yourself as a paid assassin . .
the only difference is, you're not getting paid enough. But let's take a
realistic look at exactly WHO joins up in an all-volunteer army.

The first group are those who join (during peacetime) for the benefits: to
get an education, or because it seems a reasonable career path. Consider
carefully! Realize that you are gambling with your humanity. Once you sign
that form, you sign away your right to say: "No, that is an
atrocity." You put your abilities, including the ability to kill, at
the disposal of proven liars, psychopaths . . . enemies of humanity. Do you
think that every German soldier in World War II who helped load Jews into
cattle cars was a cold-blooded killer? Most were poor kids, just like you,
who got caught up in the patriotic frenzy. Once you're in, you're IN. You
lose the ability to stop killing until they tell you so. This not only
makes you less than human, it makes you less than an animal, for even the
animals retain their freedom of self determination.

The second group are the simple minded, who fall for patriotic entreaties
about  defending democracy, Mom, apple pie; in other words, all the
traditional government propaganda. Do you think Soviet lads subjugated
their neighbors throughout the world because they thought the Soviet Union
was an EVIL empire? No, they were fighting for MOM, and whatever passes for
apple pie in Russia. Step back and examine the lies your government is
handing you, and ask yourself if they have the ring of truth. Do you want
to be one of the murderers in uniform who opened up on their fellow
citizens at Kent State? When you put on that uniform, you give up all
autonomy, and become nothing more than a weapon, to be used for whatever
evil purposes the scoundrels in government demand (and, if you look
carefully, you will discover that the only interests THEY serve are those
of the big businesses that own them.)

Finally, you have the hard-core psychopaths. These are the people who WANT
to kill. Murder, torture, rape; THESE are the American values upon which
THIS group is focused. The cause doesn't matter, they're after the thrill
that only warfare can provide.

Just remember: killing for George W. Bush, or for George H.W. Bush, or for
Lyndon B. Johnson, or for Richard M. Nixon is not the same as defending
yourself, your family, your friends, or your country. Don't be a dupe.
Don't Enlist!

Remember -- supporting the troops means supporting Bush aggression,
profiteering, and war crimes. Here's an idea: why not take those ribbons,
dip them in blood, and mail them to the White House?

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Tom St.Denis

111 Banning Rd
Kanata, Ontario
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Canada

Home: (613)836-3160
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