Cowardice and Courage\r\n\r\n<\/p>
I must say I admire and support the incredible courage of the Iraqi people\r\nin their fight against a cowardly enemy. I especially admire their use of\r\nthe guerilla tactics the American revolutionaries used more than two\r\ncenturies ago to defeat the Redcoats. The fake surrender and hit and run\r\nattacks are right out of the American Revolution playbook.\r\n\r\n<\/p>
The pathetic cowardly whining of US officials who are upset with the\r\nguerilla tactics reminds me of the same whining of the Redcoats. What? You\r\nexpect your targets to obediently line up, stand still and wait to be\r\nkilled?! Is that the scenario these dumbshit cowards \"war gamed\" against?\r\nWhat can be said about the sad sacks of hypocritical excrement who are\r\ncomplaining about the tactics the Iraqis are using (tactics they have every\r\nright to use) to defend their land from invaders? To borrow the\r\npolitically-incorrect words of George Carlin to describe the US military,\r\nthe US media, its assorted whiny-assed sniveling cowards and pathetic\r\nsycophants: \"What a bunch of fucking pussies!\"\r\n\r\n<\/p>
The US military is engaged in a brutal gang rape (again) and I refuse to be\r\none of those vile contemptible idiots who \"support the troops.\" What utter\r\nnonsense. We're supposed to rally around and support our troops now that\r\nthey are actively engaged in the gang rape and mass murder of a sovereign\r\ncountry? No way! This is about as absurd as family members, after being\r\nunable to persuade the rape of their daughter from happening, turn around\r\nand dutifully \"support the rapists\" after the gang rape has commenced. Such\r\nidiotic behavior is cowardly and contemptible, not to mention absolutely\r\ndisgusting.\r\n\r\n<\/p>
I should also add that they are not my troops and the US military\r\nestablishment has never done anything to protect freedom, liberty, democracy\r\nand human rights here or abroad. Some of us actually have a functioning\r\nbullshit detector and don't reflexively believe all the Orwellian lies and\r\npropaganda crap vomited by the self-serving, self-aggrandizing and\r\nsanctimonious establishment mouthpieces. So spare me the bullshit soliloquy\r\nabout the US military protecting our democracy and our freedom.\r\n\r\n<\/p>
Every fight for labor rights, human rights, women's rights, civil rights,\r\nindigenous rights, immigrant rights, disability rights, etc., was fought by\r\npopular resistance, popular struggle, protest, dissent, and direct action by\r\nregular everyday workers, families, neighbors and communities. Every inch of\r\ngains, every positive development in the quest for liberty, dignity and\r\nfreedom, were made by struggle and resistance.\r\n\r\n<\/p>
The history of the US is a history of genocide, naked aggression and\r\noppression against many of these struggles; not liberation, freedom,\r\ndemocracy or any such nonsense. US history is littered with millions upon\r\nmillions of innocent victims at home and abroad from US terrorism, tyranny,\r\nand aggression.\r\n\r\n<\/p>
The history of the US military and its increasingly militarized domestic\r\npolice forces in their service to power is a history of brutality, savagery\r\nand viciousness in their efforts to crush and kill nearly every struggle by\r\npeople around the world and at home to fight for the basic values of\r\nliberty, freedom and dignity in their own lives. I have absolutely no\r\nrespect for such dishonorable and contemptible institutions. I spit on them\r\nand I proudly burn the vile American flag precisely for what it represents:\r\ntyranny and oppression.\r\n\r\n<\/p>
These odious opportunists flapping their jaws in the media and proclaiming\r\ntheir support for our troops and their families mysteriously disappear when\r\nit comes time to support them when they return home injured, disabled, with\r\ndeep psychological scars and mysterious ailments. George Bush and his\r\ncronies are demanding large cuts in the Veterans Administration budget and\r\nthey continue this country's mean-spirited slash and burn tactics of what is\r\nleft of the very limited social programs that benefit veterans and their\r\nfamilies. Once the cannon fodder has served the purposes of Empire, they are\r\ndiscarded and thrown away. They are disposable people.\r\n\r\n<\/p>
Strip away the self-serving bullshit rhetoric of \"support the troops\" and\r\nwhat do I see? I see the political and business elites enriching their\r\npockets and making their lives very comfortable on the backs of the cannon\r\nfodder. The thanks the surviving (and often damaged) veterans get for the\r\ncynical exploitation of their service? Humiliation, exploitation, and an\r\nextended middle finger as they are usually told to shut up, stop\r\ncomplaining, go away and fuck off.\r\n\r\n<\/p>
Support our troops by bringing them home NOW. Support our troops by funding\r\nmedical and social programs for the military veterans that have been slashed\r\nand eliminated over the years. Support the forgotten and discarded troops\r\nwho end up homeless, depressed, disabled, hungry, angry, disappointed, and\r\nbroken. Support our troops when they have the courage to refuse orders.\r\nSupport our troops when they rebel and mutiny against the US terrorist war\r\nmachine. Support our troops when they desert the blood-stained and cowardly\r\nUS military. Support our troops when they frag high ranking war criminals\r\ncoldly prosecuting this gang rape, illegal occupation, and mass murder.\r\n\r\n<\/p>
Allow me a moment of hope for our future. Most importantly, support our\r\ntroops if they ever decide to raise their weapons and point them at the real\r\nenemy: the entire US political, military and business establishment. Fire\r\naway.\r\n\r\n<\/p>
Tom Trouble is a pissed off citizen who comes from a military family and is\r\na contributor to Alternative Press Review (www.altpr.org). <\/em>\r\n<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.altpr.org","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"I must say I admire and support the incredible courage of the Iraqi people in their fight against a cowardly enemy. I especially admire their use of the guerilla tactics the American revolutionaries used more than two centuries ago to defeat the Redcoats. The fake surrender and hit and run\r\nattacks are right out of the American Revolution playbook.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/03\/44282.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}