Monday, May 28, 2007
Major Military Installations in Atlanta
To Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea, Japan, et al, via Atlanta:
Fort Gillem, First Army HQ, Forest Park GA
Dobbins Air Reserve Base
94th Airlift Wing HQ
22nd Airforce HQ
Naval Air Station Atlanta, May 11, 2007.
NAS /Atlanta Mission: To provide logistics support and other host functions to operational tenant commands and Reserve training for units assigned to NAS /Atlanta
When you talk to actual solders in or past the actual sandbox, you will never hear a soldier criticize his or her CinC. You hear "I hate sand", but you never hear "these wars are wrong". Maybe in the dark with their spouses or in the secrecy of a doctor's office, maybe. But never to anyone else.
American heroism should never have been called out to Iraq. And yet it is there. And the troops are answering the dishonor of their CinC and his coterie with honor, fixing an entire country thousands of miles away.
The US Armed Forces have fought suicide bombers and fanatics in caves before . . . in the form of kamikaze and on Saipan, Guam, Okinawa --- are our soldiers now not in the same class, the same vein? Of course they are! Not only by fighting but also by sticking with the job, by doing good though they were sent to it by false pretenses. Their honor and commitment to duty deserves the celebration, praise and memorials equal to all of our country's heroes.
What about thousands of dead Iraqi civilians? May W and his neocons be haunted by them forever because their blood is on soft civilian hands in Washington.
<editorial> At least in Afghanistan the men and women are fighting actual Taliban. Iraq? Iraq is the result of Americans choosing to vote for a dynastic regime. Haven't we gotten past the farce of aristocracy or oligarchy? Lesson: dynasty is _not_ the way to choose leaders. At some point it produces craven little D-grade scions with a pride and arrogance big enough to disgust an entire planet.
There's a Mandarin saying: no family business lasts more than three generations. (Because by the third generation they're rotten, you see?)</editorial> ¶ 11:52 PM
Fort Gillem, First Army HQ, Forest Park GA
Fort McPherson
Dobbins Air Reserve Base
94th Airlift Wing HQ
22nd Airforce HQ
Naval Air Station Atlanta, May 11, 2007.
NAS /Atlanta Mission: To provide logistics support and other host functions to operational tenant commands and Reserve training for units assigned to NAS /Atlanta
When you talk to actual solders in or past the actual sandbox, you will never hear a soldier criticize his or her CinC. You hear "I hate sand", but you never hear "these wars are wrong". Maybe in the dark with their spouses or in the secrecy of a doctor's office, maybe. But never to anyone else.
American heroism should never have been called out to Iraq. And yet it is there. And the troops are answering the dishonor of their CinC and his coterie with honor, fixing an entire country thousands of miles away.
The US Armed Forces have fought suicide bombers and fanatics in caves before . . . in the form of kamikaze and on Saipan, Guam, Okinawa --- are our soldiers now not in the same class, the same vein? Of course they are! Not only by fighting but also by sticking with the job, by doing good though they were sent to it by false pretenses. Their honor and commitment to duty deserves the celebration, praise and memorials equal to all of our country's heroes.
What about thousands of dead Iraqi civilians? May W and his neocons be haunted by them forever because their blood is on soft civilian hands in Washington.
<editorial> At least in Afghanistan the men and women are fighting actual Taliban. Iraq? Iraq is the result of Americans choosing to vote for a dynastic regime. Haven't we gotten past the farce of aristocracy or oligarchy? Lesson: dynasty is _not_ the way to choose leaders. At some point it produces craven little D-grade scions with a pride and arrogance big enough to disgust an entire planet.
There's a Mandarin saying: no family business lasts more than three generations. (Because by the third generation they're rotten, you see?)</editorial> ¶ 11:52 PM
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Word up and well said! I've been thinking: if Hilary wins the next foofraw, that will be (at least) 24 YEARS of Clintush. Yay fun, let's hear it for term limits.
Unfortunately, I think no matter who becomes our Maximum Leader in 2008, the disgrace will continue. It won't be a matter of political dynasty anymore, unless of course Hilary wins. The manner in which the only real "bring-'em-out-of-Iraq now" antiwar candidates, Ron Paul (my guy), Dennis Kucinich, and Mike Gravel have been marginalized by mainstream media is already a pretty fair indicator of the state of warfare, circa 2012.
But hey, fight up the good fight. If this topic isn't all of "Atlanta", "Global", and "Purty Darned Important" then I don't know what is. Maybe case some antiwar meetups, like the Ron Paul groups? These are springing up like weeds all over the city.
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Unfortunately, I think no matter who becomes our Maximum Leader in 2008, the disgrace will continue. It won't be a matter of political dynasty anymore, unless of course Hilary wins. The manner in which the only real "bring-'em-out-of-Iraq now" antiwar candidates, Ron Paul (my guy), Dennis Kucinich, and Mike Gravel have been marginalized by mainstream media is already a pretty fair indicator of the state of warfare, circa 2012.
But hey, fight up the good fight. If this topic isn't all of "Atlanta", "Global", and "Purty Darned Important" then I don't know what is. Maybe case some antiwar meetups, like the Ron Paul groups? These are springing up like weeds all over the city.
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