I find it interesting that Matt and Walter considered joining the Coast Guard and Navy respectively; I enlisted in the Navy in 1986 after graduating from high school, and I was discharged in June 1990, a little over a month before Iraq invaded Kuwait. I find it interesting that I served at the tail end of the Cold W…
I find it interesting that Matt and Walter considered joining the Coast Guard and Navy respectively; I enlisted in the Navy in 1986 after graduating from high school, and I was discharged in June 1990, a little over a month before Iraq invaded Kuwait. I find it interesting that I served at the tail end of the Cold War (which I thought was going to go on forever), and after I got out, we got into a real shooting war with Iraq.
Can't speak for the Coast Guard, Matt, but Walter, you didn't miss a thing. Besides, maybe I would have had to serve under you and think to myself, "Jesus, he is such an asshole," which is what I thought about quite a few officers, along with several senior enlisted people and some of my shipmates.
I've come to the conclusion that people are fine with fighting wars forever and ever just as long as they don't have to fight in them, and I'm not just talking about the politicians who get us into these wars; I'm talking about people cheering on our forces during Desert Storm and the War on Terror while they were safely ensconced at home, watching CNN's coverage of the first Gulf War and Fox News' coverage of the invasion of Iraq while sitting on the couch with a cold beer in one hand and a bag of chips in the other hand, secure in the knowledge that the draft had not been reactivated.
Now Europe's political leaders are doing something similar, only they are not sending their own troops (that would be electorally catastrophic), just money and weapons so they can feel like badasses standing up to the Russians.
I liked the story too. It sounds as though that woman is going to be held captive so he can work at their car rental service.
Reminds me of the chicken hawks, neocons that couldn't wait to send people to war who all happened to avoid military service themselves. You know, Nuland, Cheney, Rumsfield, Bolton, etc.
Great point about people being fine with fighting wars forever and ever just as long as they don't have to fight in them. I'd add that they are fine with fighting wars forever and ever just as long as their OWN kids aren't being sent to their deaths thousands of miles away from home in support of the Pax Americana.
Per Carlin: G.e.o.r.g.e.o.r.g.e.or.g.e: Borrowing your comments box. Thanks. (Nothing here aimed at you.)
America consciousness is--as our founders warned --trapped in the psyop wielded by the elitist monarchism our Republic bled to escape. A corrupt "Royal" court filled with perpetual intrigue and rumor where criminal financiers exploit the labor and lives of the disempowered serf for wealth while employing assassins, double agents and mercenary armies to intimidate, spread fear and silence dissent. The American psyche? "In ceremonies of the horseman even the pawn must hold a grudge." (Who said that?)
For criminal wealth the backup has always been imprisonment, the firing squad and the object lesson. (Jesus, Joan of Arc, MLK, Snowden. Julian got out with his ass in relatively one piece.) England is still a f'kn wealth powered elitist monarchy. Central banking grifters destroying the nations they've seized control of through the creation (term of the week) of feral cities. Unsafe, crime ridden, forced illegal immigration and theft of the nations resources meant to destroy public services, infrastructure, culture and civilization. Take a look at the perps. It's painted on their snobby little faces. (In America think Chiraq or Detroit or.......
There is the American Republic, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights it contains and the free citizen. Everything else is psyop. Depart the psyop and live!!
(And keep subscription bucks rolling toward Matt and his gypsy sidekick.)
I left Germany on August 10th of 90. I missed Iraq by 10 days. The Army froze ETS dates by the 20th. I totally agree with your view. The population can’t wait to applaud veterans. How about some of that sweet diplomacy?
No. They hassled me about a physical. They told me I had to get a physical to join the reserves. When they called me 6 months later to join I told them to pound sand.
Good show today, guys.
I find it interesting that Matt and Walter considered joining the Coast Guard and Navy respectively; I enlisted in the Navy in 1986 after graduating from high school, and I was discharged in June 1990, a little over a month before Iraq invaded Kuwait. I find it interesting that I served at the tail end of the Cold War (which I thought was going to go on forever), and after I got out, we got into a real shooting war with Iraq.
Can't speak for the Coast Guard, Matt, but Walter, you didn't miss a thing. Besides, maybe I would have had to serve under you and think to myself, "Jesus, he is such an asshole," which is what I thought about quite a few officers, along with several senior enlisted people and some of my shipmates.
I've come to the conclusion that people are fine with fighting wars forever and ever just as long as they don't have to fight in them, and I'm not just talking about the politicians who get us into these wars; I'm talking about people cheering on our forces during Desert Storm and the War on Terror while they were safely ensconced at home, watching CNN's coverage of the first Gulf War and Fox News' coverage of the invasion of Iraq while sitting on the couch with a cold beer in one hand and a bag of chips in the other hand, secure in the knowledge that the draft had not been reactivated.
Now Europe's political leaders are doing something similar, only they are not sending their own troops (that would be electorally catastrophic), just money and weapons so they can feel like badasses standing up to the Russians.
I liked the story too. It sounds as though that woman is going to be held captive so he can work at their car rental service.
Reminds me of the chicken hawks, neocons that couldn't wait to send people to war who all happened to avoid military service themselves. You know, Nuland, Cheney, Rumsfield, Bolton, etc.
Great point about people being fine with fighting wars forever and ever just as long as they don't have to fight in them. I'd add that they are fine with fighting wars forever and ever just as long as their OWN kids aren't being sent to their deaths thousands of miles away from home in support of the Pax Americana.
Per Carlin: G.e.o.r.g.e.o.r.g.e.or.g.e: Borrowing your comments box. Thanks. (Nothing here aimed at you.)
America consciousness is--as our founders warned --trapped in the psyop wielded by the elitist monarchism our Republic bled to escape. A corrupt "Royal" court filled with perpetual intrigue and rumor where criminal financiers exploit the labor and lives of the disempowered serf for wealth while employing assassins, double agents and mercenary armies to intimidate, spread fear and silence dissent. The American psyche? "In ceremonies of the horseman even the pawn must hold a grudge." (Who said that?)
For criminal wealth the backup has always been imprisonment, the firing squad and the object lesson. (Jesus, Joan of Arc, MLK, Snowden. Julian got out with his ass in relatively one piece.) England is still a f'kn wealth powered elitist monarchy. Central banking grifters destroying the nations they've seized control of through the creation (term of the week) of feral cities. Unsafe, crime ridden, forced illegal immigration and theft of the nations resources meant to destroy public services, infrastructure, culture and civilization. Take a look at the perps. It's painted on their snobby little faces. (In America think Chiraq or Detroit or.......
There is the American Republic, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights it contains and the free citizen. Everything else is psyop. Depart the psyop and live!!
(And keep subscription bucks rolling toward Matt and his gypsy sidekick.)
I left Germany on August 10th of 90. I missed Iraq by 10 days. The Army froze ETS dates by the 20th. I totally agree with your view. The population can’t wait to applaud veterans. How about some of that sweet diplomacy?
Wow, 10 days! Did you have to do any time as a reservist?
No. They hassled me about a physical. They told me I had to get a physical to join the reserves. When they called me 6 months later to join I told them to pound sand.