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VHeadline.com commentarist Mary MacElveen writes: In reading US Secretary of
Defense Donald Rumsfeld's remarks when he stated we can be at war for the next
20 years in order to fight the war on terrorism, which I am of the opinion
cannot be won: My message to Bush and company is that you cannot have our sons'
and daughters'. I say daughters', because I put nothing past the (G)rand
(O)ppresive (P)arty.
Also, while there is no talk of a draft right now, that is for one specific
reason ... this is an election year here in the United States. No, not a
presidential election (although, how I wish it were!) but an all important
mid-term election.
So, will the GOP bring this issue up if they want to maintain their strangle
hold on both houses and keep control over this country? Of course not.
First of all, Bush does not see our US soldiers as freedom fighters nor as
heroes. How he (Bush) sees them is collateral damage ... their lives mean
nothing to Bush, especially when he has never attended one single military
funeral.
With the military force already over-extended around the world and not just in
Iraq and Afghanistan, I do fear that the draft will come back. While a part of
me wishes that it does so that the elitist's sons and daughters are also called
up to suffer the horrors of war, these elitists' will truly find a way to keep
them out of harms way. So, who will be left? The sons' and daughters' of
blue-collar workers and others who have no power within this (USA) country.
While many may look to send their sons' and daughters' to Canada as was done to
evade the draft during the Viet Nam War, let me remind you that a Bush-friendly
Prime Minister was just sworn in and his name is, Stephen Harper ... I really do
not think he will give safe haven to those seeking to avoid this draft.
The chicken-hawks who start these wars, do not really believe in a sense of duty
to country when they themselves have never served ... unlike President Chavez,
who served in the military in Venezuela.
These chicken-hawks are cowards...
Sure they can start a war, but they will send others to fight it ... they will
stand right in front of our troops using them as props and grand stand, but they
will never place their own in our soldier's boots.
They will not tolerate their own coming home in caskets, without limbs, plagued
with illnesses due to depleted uranium or where in some cases, have committed
suicide by cop as was the case of Specialist Doug Barber took his own life
because he was suffering from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). On January
17, he reached the end of his rope, having to fight for any of the health
benefits he so rightly deserved.
Why is this okay with the American people?
I do not have an answer for that one...
As reported in: A Soldier for Truth Has Fallen ... ?For some reason Doug decided
he could no longer bear the ongoing pain, agony and inner torment.? I was
horrified as I read: ?The Lee County, Alabama sheriff?s department was on the
scene trying to talk Doug out of it for over 30 minutes. The investigating
officer has stated that every effort was made to stop the situation and save
Doug?s life. Doug apparently turned his back to the officers, fired one shot,
and ended his life.?
Is this what awaits our sons and daughters as they fight these wars for twenty
years?
You may say to yourself: Oh the draft will never come back, but according to
Former Weapons Inspector Warns of US-Iran War this is what Scott Ritter had to
say: ?the Bush administration is fixing intelligence around policy on Iran," and
that it could lead to a new US war in the Middle East. He noted that the
administration used a similar approach in its current war in Iraq ... "There is
nothing to prevent the president from going to war in Iran. He has no respect
for checks and balances. We're heading toward Tehran unless we get
representatives in Congress who respect the constitution of the United States."
Respect the Constitution?
What a novel idea seeing that it has been treated like a "god damn piece of
paper" by Bush and his fellow cronies.
If there is anyone to believe in this country, it is Scott Ritter who is an
expert in these affairs. Do not believe what Bush tells you or what congress
tells you, but believe what Scott Ritter tells you. After all, he was correct
with regards to Iraq, and this government dismissed his assertions that Iraq did
not have weapons of mass destruction.
Who proved to be correct?
Those elected officials in the (US) congress should have gone to him as the go
to guy, instead of believing Bush's bogus intelligence. Yes, folks, Bush lied
and soldiers died. Scott Ritter, the former arms inspector, was on the ground
in Iraq searching for these weapons and found none.
Was Bush or our congress members? No they were not.
With tensions rising between Venezuela and the United States where just recently
the Venezuelan government expelled US naval captain John Correa on charges of
espionage (for trying to get Venezuelan officers to hand over state secrets),
the United States government retaliated by declaring a senior Venezuelan
embassy?s Chief of Staff, Jenny Figueredo Frias persona non grata and gave her
72 hours to leave the United States.
With President Hugo Chavez Frias looking to purchase more military weapons from
Russia and threatening to stop supplying Americans with his country?s oil, those
are as well dangerous signs of a possible invasion of Venezuela.
* But, I do not fault President Chavez ... I fault the sheer stupidity of
this GOP-led government.
Any nation has the right to protect their country from any invading force and to
stop shipments of their oil to a hostile nation ... or as many have come to call
the United States ... a rogue nation.
So, while we are engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan, we may also be at some
point engaged in war fare with such nations as Iran and yes Venezuela.
Which all begs the question: How will we fight on so many battle fields when we
do not have the necessary numbers in order to do so?
Should the GOP retain both houses in this year?s mid-term election, will it
embolden them even more to bring back the draft? I would dare to say yes. In
order to fight these many wars for as long as Rumsfeld wants to, we will have no
other recourse but to reinstate the draft. A volunteer force will not meet the
needs of this war mongering government. As it stands, recruitment is down and
what does that tell you? It tells me that really no one believes in this war
and if they did, they would suit up to fight it.
In conclusion ... many of us are already bone tired of this war in Iraq as
well as Afghanistan. Many of us are already bone tired of this war on terrorism
especially when we do not see any end in sight. So, I want to leave you with
this thought of the ultimate blow back effect.
Could some Americans and their allies begin to sympathize with those that this
(USA) government have labeled the enemy?
Now ask yourself what this effect will have? I would say total world chaos.
* Should this happen, any perceived enemy will have won.
The day we started the "Shock and Awe" campaign was truly the day of infamy and
it just may last for another 20 years.
Mary MacElveen
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Can't you see we're still here,
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