Support the Troops, Support the War

I am starting to get a little bit of a feel for what the cultural divide in the Vietnam years might have been. After four and 1/2 years of fighting, it is hard to continue to accept the idea that the people who are joining the Army today are idealists who want to defend their country. Surely they know they will be sent to fight an occupation of a country that did not attack us. They have a choice to join in the fight or not, and they choose to join in.

Now maybe some people are desparate for the bonuses and bribes being offered to volunteers. Maybe they are fooled by the propaganda from the right wing wimp machine. Maybe they are just not paying attention. So it is conceivable that they are not totally with the the Bush agenda.

You could also make the similar arguments about telemarketers. That would not make them any less annoying. The arguments about new recruits also do not make them any less complicit in their support for Bush's criminal war that is ruining the U.S.

Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be soldiers.