Wednesday, July 17, 2013
"Forever Wars"
The Vietnam era never sleeps for my generation. I fear what the 9/11 era will do the young folks caught up in these new Wars. It would have been better if actual War had been declared for both events.
There would have been a beginning middle, and clear end.
As it is these things just go on, and on. Also with a declared war the Geneva Convention would have been in full force. There wouldn't have been all the cruel, and murderous abuse both wars did, and do.
If on September 12th 2001 the President had asked both Houses of our government for a Declaration of War on International Terror. If that had been done the whole thing would have been over for years. This because the whole World would have united to put an end to those movements, and it's supporters.
No Gitmo no loss of Habius Corpus no Drone warfare. Killing whoever we want wherever whenever we want.
I'm thinking of my brother, and cousins that went over to Vietnam, and now two young relatives in Afghanistan . One is Air Force one Army,...combat infantry. Just like his now passed away Vietnam vet cousin-uncles.
Christ they were just little kids on 9/11, and now it's sucked them up too. These are Forever Wars.
G-ddess help us.
It's been a Hell of a ride. ...and it's not nearly over.
Stay Tuned.
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The difference is that the USA never risked going broke over the Vietnam war, whereas we *will* go broke fighting these current ones.
ReplyDeleteThe country was still in it's post WW2 boom. It was a hell of fantastic time I was there. LBJ wanted the States to be the first country to abolish poverty within it's borders.
ReplyDeleteWe could have done it too.
The Vietnam War diverted our energies away from that. Then the 1970's stagflation kicked in, and here we are today. Historians are already calling aborted "War on Poverty" the most "tragically wasted opportunity" in out history.
As for our current Terror Wars we're paying for them by borrowing against the future. This is already leading to the collapse of the economy, and the fall of the dollar.
Like I said,..."Hell of a Ride."
It is the war that never ends, just as predicted by Orwell. Instead of newspeak you had Dubya.
ReplyDeleteHe and Bliar should be charged with crimes against humanity and put down.