What Is Being Saved?
OK first off it’s true that the reasons why our forces and government are at war seem to change every few years or so. Which if that hasn’t already sent up at least a few alarm bells in your head I would be scared. It ‘s also true most of us that are not directly affected by the wars; do not spend a great deal of time on thinking about the subject. The reasons why are numerous to say the least.
Though the big two are safety of the public and protecting our way of life. Both in theory sound like sane and righteous causes, if not infantile in their explanation of why they do what they do to protect the public. But in all the speak of protection one little thing keeps being left out, at first I just thought I had missed this being answered. Granted one man can not in all sanity follow the news twenty four hours a day every day. Then out came the question from Helen Thomas, no real surprise there if you are familiar with the US press corp. Now the question was simple she asked why they are attacking. The most interesting thing about the response was not so much what he said. Mainly they have the goal to spread terror and are perversion of Islam. Which no one would disagree with, but it’s the fact that he honestly could not answer it. That’s about as far as I’ll go on that point. In my previous post I spent more time on it.
Now comes the juicy part, protecting our way of life. That is a painfully and obvious choice of broad wording to get around a larger question. Over last seven or so years we have given up much for safety. The right to a fait trail and the right to privacy just to keep it short. So the question is whose life are we protecting? In a country that can not run itself in a effective way, in a country that exploits it’s own workers by Europe’s standards. Our wages for the amount of time we work have been on the decline. The fact that a great deal of us do not even live in a state that has a “living” wage. Just think about that for a second, I’m not talking about a great or even a good wage. I’m talking about a living wage. this sounds like a far cry from the envy of the world. On top of that we don’t even understand how to do something as simple as being able to install a basic level of healthcare for our people. We are so bad that doctors that normally deal with helping those in what here think of traditionally poor parts of the world where setting up shops here give people glasses and fix teeth! On top of that the demand was so great that they could not even help half of those that showed up. So I ask you in all honesty what are we protecting?
With figures nearing almost twenty percent unemployed and a nation that can not keep it’s people healthy; and will even torture other innocent people in our name to protect what? Now is the time that we must come together and vote out those that benefit no one but themselves. We must find peaceful ways to help those that need our help and scorn those who would lead us to a path of self-destruction.
Tags: us foreign policy, us goverment, us in afghanisatn, us in iraq, us military, US policy, us safety, voting, workers rights
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