innocent civilians?how about the innocent civilians who've died in this wholly unjustified 'war'? how about the innocent civilians who die at the hands of the state of israel, whom we support financially? how about the innocent civilians in central america who die at the hands of generals trained by OUR military, in Georgia? I am an American who, like the rest of the world, is more than fed up with American militarism.
perhaps it is not the fault of the soldiers... but you know, if you look at it that way, the holocaust wasn't the fault of the german civilians who were 'just doing their job' killing the jews, either. i don't buy that 'it's what they were trained to do' garbage. it's KILLING A HUMAN BEING, no matter how you look at it. killing to avenge killing in no way should be an acceptable foreign policy. didn't ghandi say an eye for an eye makes the world go blind?
i will never, EVER, say i support the troops. until the day supporting the troops means bringing them home to their families, where they belong.
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perhaps it is not the fault of the soldiers... but you know, if you look at it that way, the holocaust wasn't the fault of the german civilians who were 'just doing their job' killing the jews, either. i don't buy that 'it's what they were trained to do' garbage. it's KILLING A HUMAN BEING, no matter how you look at it. killing to avenge killing in no way should be an acceptable foreign policy. didn't ghandi say an eye for an eye makes the world go blind?
i will never, EVER, say i support the troops. until the day supporting the troops means bringing them home to their families, where they belong.