Reply #2: I'm sorry, but whatever those soldiers THOUGHT they were dying for [View All]

[Lydia Leftcoast]

in World War I (a squabble among royal cousins that turned into a pointless bloodbath), Vietnam, Grenada, the Gulf War, Afghanistan, the Iraq invasion, and all the operations that involved "advising" right-wing dictators on how to repress their people, they were NOT dying for "our freedom."

"Dying for our freedom." That's one of the biggest Big Lies that the American people have been fed over the generations. Every war of my lifetime (with the POSSIBLE exception of Korea) has been either economic in origin or caused by overgrown boys playing Risk with people's lives.

Yes, many hearts are broken, and I suppose they have to tell themselves that their loved ones "died for freedom," but that doesn't make it true.

The sooner we Americans give up the illusion that the largest military in the world by far is all about "defending freedom," the sooner we'll regain our domestic prosperity and world-wide reputation.

"Dying for freedom." "Serving your country." These are all lies used to urge idealistic young people to sacrifice themselves for the greed and ambition of old men.