@lizwitch,
lizwitch;18013 wrote:political awareness means have some information to base your views - some decent refrences in which you based a view - not just name calling and so forth.
It means to have beliefs that aren't irrational it means to know what you are talking about.
Military service is also the aftermath of severe mental and physical training and only the strong willed can keep their own sense of self - I find it horrific that our government uses our military for these sort of wars - where they profit off the backs of our dead soldiers and blood - most soldiers are from poorer families just trying to make a decent life for themselves and brave enough to risk their lives and their only expectation is that our governement won't send them off to kill or be killed unecessarily but that is not the case - our government has no respect for our military men and women. NONE - they are mere cannon fodder to them which can be easily seen by the legislation being done - they scream about supporting the troops with this last funding bill but how much of that money goes for the troops an how much goes to their profiteering buddies - anyone here actually read that appropriations bill - it's infuriating and I suggest that anyone in the military do just that - you will all be coming home - You guys don' deserve to be treated like this you deserve better - you think we are all against you and it's not true - we support everyone of you in that we don't appreciate what our government is doing - and how they are using you and your lives. that is what this is about you know - them not us and not you and definately not the Iraqis !
So, military service is a form of welfare for an exploited underclass and all those who are in that service should be protected from further exploitation? That's a pretty superior frame of reference. Congrats.
I was canon fodder? OK. I was canon fodder to protect you. I have lived it you read about it.
The political machinations used by our politicians to prevent our troops from having a free hand to conduct campaigns to win and now to prevent them from having the funding required to complete the mission they were asked to accomplish, is the crime.
You are probably to young to know about what happens when you change horses mid-stream, but it is a bad idea. Same with changing your mind about doing a difficult and dirty job after you get into it and find it is a difficult and dirty job that you weren't initially prepared to do.
So, which am I one of the strong willed you refer to or one of the brainwashed you imply?