Do you *truly* support the troops? Then stop the wars. All of them. My thoughts on this #VeteransDay, from a CODEPINK: Women For Peace piece I wrote this past summer: Our naysayers say we are against the troops. We are not against the troops. US troops are disproportionately from less-privileged backgrounds. Military recruiters target impoverished communities of color, and there are many recorded instances of them using deceptive tactics to get young citizens to sign long binding contracts. These are the troops that die in US military operations. They are not our enemies. We refuse to let our brothers and sisters be cannon fodder. The real people against the troops are the ones who send our country’s poor to die in rich people’s wars. ... We oppose war not because we don’t care about the rest of the world; we oppose war precisely because we do. We oppose war not because we don’t care about our security; we oppose war precisely because we do. We oppose war not because we don’t care about our troops; we oppose war precisely because we do. commondreams.org/views/2014/09/12/there-no-future-war-youth-rise-manifesto The problem is that when US culture says Support the Troops, it doesnt actually mean support the troops; it means Support the War.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 22:48:32 +0000