Sunday, June 08, 2014
Iraq, Not My War
Re “Party Here, Sacrifice Over There” (Op-Ed, Oct. 20): Will Bardenwerper is correct that there is a disconnect between soldier’ lives in Iraq and the lives of the American public. The reasons are that this is the president’s war, not America’s, and it is being fought with a professional volunteer army aided by corporate mercenaries.
Americans simply do not think that this war is worth the sacrifice by soldiers or themselves. This is the downside of not having a draft; politicians are more willing to go to war, and there will be far less public outcry when they do.
Lies got us into this war, but truth is the only way out.
Published in NY Times Oct 23, 2007
Americans simply do not think that this war is worth the sacrifice by soldiers or themselves. This is the downside of not having a draft; politicians are more willing to go to war, and there will be far less public outcry when they do.
Lies got us into this war, but truth is the only way out.
Published in NY Times Oct 23, 2007
# posted by Rockdoc @ 2:32 PM 
