This is a letter from a soldier serving his country. He makes a valid point, and I agree with him.
"Okay, I need to rant.
I was just watching the news, and I caught part of a report on Michael
Jackson . As we all know, Jackson died the other day. He was an
entertainer who performed for decades. He made millions, he spent
millions, and he did a lot of things that make him a villian to many
people. I understand that his death would affect a lot of people, and
I respect those people who mourn his death, but that isn't the point
of my rant.
Why is it that when ONE man dies, the whole of America loses their
minds with grief. When a man dies whose only contribution to the
country was to ENTERTAIN people, the Amercian people find the need to flock to a memorial in Hollywood , and even Congress sees the need to hold a "moment of silence" for his passing?
Am I missing something here? ONE man dies, and all of a sudden he's a freaking martyr because he entertained us for a few decades? What
about all those SOLDIERS who have died to give us freedom? All those
Soldiers who, knowing that they would be asked to fight in a war,
still raised their hands and swore to defend the Constitution and the
United States of America . Where is there moment of silence? Where
are the people flocking to their graves or memorials and mourning over them because they made the ultimate sacrifice? Why is it when a
Soldier dies, there are more people saying "good ridence," and "thank
God for IEDs?" When did this country become so calloused to the
sacrifice of GOOD MEN and WOMEN, that they can arbitrarily blow off
thier deaths, and instead, throw themselves into mourning for a "Pop
Icon?"
I think that if they are going to hold a moment of silence IN CONGRESS
for Michael Jackson, they need to hold a moment of silence for every
service member killed in Iraq and Afghanistan . They need to PUBLICLY
recognize every life that has been lost so that the American people
can live their callous little lives in the luxury and freedom that WE,
those that are living and those that have gone on, have provided for
them. But, wait, that would take too much time, because there have
been so many willing to make that sacrifice. After all, we will never
make millions of dollars. We will never star in movies, or write hit
songs that the world will listen too. We only shed our blood, sweat
and tears so that people can enjoy what they have.
Sorry if I have offended, but I needed to say it. Feel free to pass
this along if you want.
Remember these five words the next time you think of someone who is
serving in the military;
"So that others may live...""
Isaac
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I support the soldiers doing their duty. I appreciate their sacrifice. I understand that what they do outstrips anything Michael Jackson ever accomplished.
Nevertheless, I'm getting a little fucking sick and tired of the lame BULLSHIT that what they are doing amounts to "Protecting and defending the constitution" OR "Protecting our freedoms".
HORSE SHIT.
The CONSTITUTION was never under threat, nor were the freedoms of American citizens.
While there existed, at one point in time, a perfect right to seek justice and retribution against those who flew jets into the WTC, invading Iraq and a prolonged cluterfuck in Afghanistan has NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with "protecting and defending the constitution."
Yes, the bullshit hyping of MJ's death was overblown, overdone and contemptible. The ignorance of the deaths and sacrifices of soldiers who follow the call to duty and die is reprehensible.
BUT there is no need to make it into some John Wayne / Audey Murphy, Dirty Dozen bit of Tom Clancey overstatement.
Soldiers die, and it sucks that it's for nothing. But you can STOP wrapping yourself in the flag, son. What you do has next to NOTHING to do with "Keeping America secure. That's as foolish as delusion as "Saddam has weapons of mass destruction."
YOU are a pawn. More worthy, certainly, than Michael Jackson...but THAT ain't saying much.
That probably sounds colder than it should. The truth always does.
Blame Rumsfeld and Cheney, not me.
I agree with what this Cousin Avi critter says. Which is more than he usually gets from me, so there's that.
What I object to is the notion that "when a Soldier dies, there are more people saying "good ridence," and "thank God for IEDs?"
I don't live in the Good Ol' U. S. of States, but I'd be pretty surprised if you could produce a person of any political stripe who's ever said that.
Nobody loves war, but there are factions who like it more than others and factions who hate it more. And people of whatever leaning don't hate their country's own soldiers, despite the rightie propaganda, and nobody wants to see them killed.
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