It is very difficult living on the streets; I know this firsthand.
It is also difficult being a soldier; I know this firsthand.
Soldiers are treated like second-class citizens. Unfortunately, they are deemed disposable.
More than 6,000 of our brothers and sisters, our sons and daughters, have recently been sent to their graves prematurely because of thoughtless and selfish ideologies. Now the Iranian government is posturing, and we hear rumors of war, another Middle East conflict coming.
The American warlords, such as the current president and previous president, as well as congressional members and the Pentagon’s commanders, are war criminals and domestic terrorists. Who else could get away with killing this many innocent Americans?
The citizens who support these empire-building policies are not patriotic, they are co-conspirators.
This article appears in Mar 22-29, 2012.
