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Originally Posted by roachboy
so you might as well pretend that the wars in iraq and afghanistan are like the weather.
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Which is of course precisely the line the pro-war faction wants us believing. War is VERY GOOD for many interests. The fact that wars have to be deliberately entered into is politically inexpedient, however. Hence the sledgehammer-like repetition of the "9-11/we were attacked/fight them there so we don't fight them here" mantra. They want war to be something that just happens, that we have no agency in, that can go on unbidden for decades and decades, while big business interests and their pet politicians make billions.
You're right, roachboy: it's impossible to disentagle the serviceman from the forces that put him in harm's way. The best we can do is to hope, pray, and authentically work for peace on earth and good will toward men.