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Originally Posted by squirrelyburt
Although I don't agree with Sheehan, I respect her courage. I felt long ago that she was a politcal pawn. Her sons death can never be thought of as "for nothing", as the death of no American soldier can be.
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They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.
-Ernest Hemingway, from "Notes on the Next War," published in Esquire Magazine, 1935.
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Originally Posted by Halx
In order to turn the USA around in today's environment, we need to mobilize a lot more than a small group of people. We need to get a lot of people pissed off.
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This very well might be one of those "sad but true" realities. Although I would like to counter that thought with the idea that if America wants real and lasting change, they need to open their hearts beyond their borders, I don't think this is likely in the current environment. There will be a lot of anger in the coming years; there will be many tears. What is certain is that there needs to be change. America cannot continue on its current path. Such a path is not long for this world. Ghandi's world was a different time and a different place, yes, but to use a metaphor of an open door is an oversimplification. What he accomplished was big and still resonates today.