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In reply to the discussion: Why do we buy into the worship of the military? [View all]lunatica
(53,410 posts)And Ive never been able to shake that feeling of surreality about wars.
When I see stories of wounded veterans with destroyed lives or stories of families being torn apart by PTSD or homeless veterans I wonder how the hell they never saw this coming.
In the run up to wars when everyone is cheerleading and joyfully beating the war drums, it makes me feel confused as to why the bleeding scars of the last war are completely forgotten. And every single time soldiers are treated like gods unless theyre the walking wounded from the last war. Theyre glorified and the government promises them theyll be taken care of and just like Lucy jerking the football away they lie and lie and lie, and every time soldiers get hurt they are pushed aside.
Its just surreal.
I told my son he would have to go over my dead body too way back during the first Gulf War.