Honor the Warrior…Not the War.
Support the troops! (so I dont have to become one)
I’d rather stay in the house,
crouch on the couch,
get into MS America’s blouse,
talk trash and act brash,
play some Halo.
After all, I’m more valuable than
some fool trying not to wear one
(as long as that requires walking
and not talking).
Dont let it get worse.
Stay the course!
Dont let it burst
onto me!
Horace Coleman
Did You Ever Wonder What 2000 (now double that number) Looks Like?Twenty by Robert Cray
Veterans For Peace
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
Iraq Veterans Against the War
Or, if you feel you must Sign Up For the Draft
See the trailer ——————Country Joe, etc. Arden’s Garden
Doonesbury
Been there, seen that. How about you? FOG OF WAR. MASH medic- 1969/70.
Horrible memories forever etched in my brain…little innocent kids hit by Friendly Fire napalm and white phosphorous…nothing we could do to stop the pain as their flesh melted.
It helps to talk about it…So, talk to us.
Not So Funny Pages
Ad copy-
“You can’t BE ALL THAT YOU CAN BE IF YOU’RE DEAD.
There are other ways to serve your country.
There are other ways to get money for college.
There are other ways to be all that you can be.
THINK ABOUT IT before you sign your life away.”
Recruiters have become desperate in an all-out assult on our high schools but…The Kids Are Alright!
This 15-year-old is so much smarter than I was as a 19-year-old draftee in 1968. I believed the government line: 1) Our ships were attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin (a lie) 2) The Domino Theory: If the Commies take Vietnam they will soon be on the beaches of California (a lie) 3) We have to fight them over there or fight them here (one more lie). After two weeks in Nam I realized that no people in history ever loved an occupier.
This NY Hudson Valley kid and I are still waiting for a real answer to Cindy Sheehan’s simple question, “What was the nobel cause that my son died for in Iraq?” Bush offers nothing but disinformation: “WMDs, they planned 911, fight them over there, freedom’s on the march, get rid of Saddam, liberty, holy crusade”…all lies and wild exaggerations! Reality and Cindy are garlic to Dubya because the naked truth is…we want to control the world’s oil.
Iran is next on the list of “Top Oil Producers”- (Look out Venezuela-#5).
Do you feel a draft? This Warwick Valley High student and I sure do.
Magic Sam
Are you satisfied that your two dollar sticker/ribbon from 7/11 is enough to support our troups or do you want some real news about our kids in Iraq, nobel vets and Empire Wars? Receive several emails a day…weeks before the info appears in mass media (if at all). Help brave ex-Star Troopers bring down the oily Death Star:
Veterans For Peace -Sign up as an associate member ($25)…”Peace Is Patriotic” bumper $1.50, “Support Our Troops…Bring Them Home!” Ribbon Magnet $4.
Vietnam Veterans Against the War ($25)…”Honor the Warrior, Not the War” bumper $2, and
Iraq Veterans Against the War
OPT OUT Students: fill out this form to prevent the military from drafting your personal records and infomation.
A personal e-mail on Veterans Day-
…and once again my thoughts turn to you, big brother. Quite a sacrifice your country asked of you, and at such a tender age. I thank God you survived when so many of your comrades did not, or came back injured, physically and otherwise. And all for what!? Nothing! And here we are, 40 years later, doing it all over again. The names have changed and the Draft is backdoor, but the song remains the same. Our chickenhawk leaders dishonor the duty, service and sacrifice of our soldiers when they use them as expendable commodities to pursue dishonorable goals. Fate picked you to be the one from our family to suffer the consequences of an unjust and tragic war. Wrong place at the wrong time. But you have not let what happened to you go by gently or without meaning. You have responded by bearing witness and telling somebody, as true patriots must always do. I admire you greatly for that, and for doing so with great humor and wit. Thank you.
…and thank you, Bro…means a lot. Magic Sam.
George Sr. pulled a lot of strings to get his playboy fortunate son
Sure, they’re crazy (including Kerry)…who else would volunteer to ride on patrol on a noisy little boat up the same narrow river at the same time every day? I love these boys and spent a lot of time patching them up in the emergency room of the 29th Evac MASHospital in 1969-70. They are as tough and brave as any Green Beret or Airforce Ranger. They stick together.
So, where did that vampire attack on their mate John Kerry come from during the 2004 election? Wouldn’t Chickenhawk Dubya be a more logical target for their ire?
into the National Guard (at the time, a country club for spoiled rich kids), where Junior trained as a musket repairman, a saber sharpener and nuke pilot (those planes were already banned in Vietnam). Even with this safe, cushy gig Dubya found a way to screw up. He refused to take a drug test (required of all pilots) and then disappeared. If I (a nobody)had followed his lead I would have been courtmartialed and charged with - desertion during wartime
Reporters asked Dubya about this gap in his record in 2004, and Junior replied,
So why did the Swifties attack Kerry? It’s All About the Medals, Stupid. The Swift Boaters expected parades, glory, groupies and respect, and only received a few cheap medals. Their peer, John Kerry, tossed his away at an antiwar rally. If medals mean nothing, the Swifties have no proof of their year in hell in service to America.
I have met thousands of my fellow VN vets in the last thirty-five years, and each falls into one of three catagories: 1) - Complete Denile- (i.e. the Swifties): “We won that war, damn it, and the world is a better place because of us,” 2) -The Disillusioned - : “After a month in country I began to recognize the hatred in the eyes of our allies. To them we were just another in a long line of occupiers in the last thousand years. We hated the British in 1975, and no people in history have ever loved an occupier,” and 3) - Realists -, like me, who want to know the truth… as ugly as it may be. We have learned that Vietnam was an Empire war based on lies (The Domino Theory and a phantom Tonkin Bay attack in Nam… Weapons of Mass Destruction and - Saddam helped plan 91 -_ in Iraq.)
Some Americans still don’t get it… the goal of an Empire War is to occupy for as long as possible (ask the Romans, Hitler, the English, French, Spanish, etc.), not to win. But, average Americans like to win with shock and awe. We don’t understand Empires and occupation… and neither do the Swift Boat guys.
The Swifties are brave, willing to sacrifice all for the American Dream. Them good ole red state boys treat the words of LBJ, Trickie Dickie and Double-talking Dubya as gospel. Theirs was a divine mission… to liberate the South Vietnamese from the godless commies. In their minds America won that war (in fact, most Swifties would rather die than concede that the South lost the Civil War). If wrong…their lives have been wasted. To win an argument with a Swiftie is to torture and kill him. Respect their good intentions and their bravery. Honor them… pity them. Help stop the next Empire War (Iran?) and the next group of Swifties.
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Published by Greg at 06:53 PM on September 29, 2007