Moose: More On Spitting

Moose took issue with my diary entry on this subject but did not offer a serious rebuttal. It's a very weak argument to accuse me of wanting to spit on our current soldiers. If did advocate spitting on returning American soldiers today, I would have said so. I don't. So I haven't. They are the pawns of the Bush/Cheney/Neocon axis--our so-called leaders, most of whom have never served their country in uniform and wouldn't know what to do with a rifle if they picked one up. My central point was that journalists and the waning number of supporters of Bush's war persist in repeating the unsubstantiated myth that Vietnam GIs were spat on when they returned stateside. Why they persist and warn that today's soldiers face the same fate--Moose must figure out.

What I do want is an end to this ghastly war that's causing hundreds of deaths of innocents every week, and by extension or ripple effect, ruining the lives of every living relative and friend of those who have died. Included among those innocents are our own soldiers--most of whom come from small, impoverished towns and whose educators taught them not to think for themselves but to mindlessly salute the flag and never question whether their country is right or wrong. The billions of dollars going into this war every week could have built a rapid transit service for every town and city in the U.S.A. Or, it could have funded a national health system competitive with the best of those of all our western allies.

War enthusiast and compulsive liar, Dick Cheney, received five deferments to keep himself from serving in Vietnam. He has been quoted as saying "I had better things to do." His agility in dodging that long ago war is impressive. When it finally appeared that he would be drafted he married Lynne in just a few days and by doing so got another deferment.

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Moose said...

Sounds as if you would like to spit in the face of returning Iraq war veterans after all the heinious crimes they committed. In fact since as you say the VVs who also committed crimes were not spat on now is the time to go for it. Make it a two for one deal-Go get em Duke!

January 29, 2007 8:29 PM

Anonymous said...

The circumstances of which you know little were not carried out by large groups of protesters. When they occured it was by individuals or small clusters of people who did not support the war and choose to show there displeasure when ever they found a troop. Personnaly never happened to me but then again I didn't wander around in uniform either - not afraid of the REMF's just didn't to be hassled by the dipsticks.

Doc - class of 68/69

January 31, 2007 1:09 AM