This government has no interest in celebrating peace. They would rather spend money on public relations campaigns to enlist more soldiers. They want to show you how to be a man, how to be a woman. They will glorify the weapons used and tell you how important you are to the country. They will even deliver a flag at your funeral. Should you survive this atrocity, you won't have a job to come home to, you do have a good chance of leaving your limbs behind. Health care? Good luck.
This government cares about extracting natural resources, dominance and making money for the corporate government and the military industrial complex. I cannot thank the veterans of the wars post 1950. My heart goes out to them because they were duped. They were put in harm's way because of lies their government told them.
Recently, I had the occasion to go to a meeting at our county's administration complex. Security was installed, similar to what they have at airports now. I walked through once, protesting the entire time. Nearly everyone had the same comment, "everyone is doing it." Everyone is doing it? So we are mere cattle to the slaughter exposed to radiation and who knows what else. But this is the government we have allowed.
Citizenship requires participation. Commitment. A critical mass. Until all of this changes, our people will be put in harm's way and our civil rights eroded. I don't want to celebrate Veteran's Day. I want to protect all of them like a mother protects her child. I want to celebrate peace.
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