Not being memorialized today.

[JackRiddler]

I feel for the veterans. I really do. They should get their benefits. They should be thanked for thinking they were doing the right thing.

But they weren't doing the right thing. Not since 1945, certainly. They were tricked. Suckered. Bamboozled.

And no "holiday" is more of a lie than this one.

Two million dead Vietnamese. Thank you for your service.

Who knows how many million dead in the end, in Iraq? Thank you for your service.

Keeping ten thousand nuclear weapons deployed globally, ready for use on a hair-trigger. Thank you for your service.

Bankrupt nation that spends more on the military than all other countries combined, its currency tending to zero value. A ruling class made up of military contractors, because Americans will (at least temporarily) believe any lie from a President, or a Man with Stars on his uniform. A world at war that could be at peace, if only the strongest would lead it there, instead of choosing the next generation of warfare.

Thank you for your service.

The defense of the territorial United States against Canada and Mexico would require a force of how many? The difference between that and the present military is the fodder for imperialism.

The best soldier is the one who refuses to fight an unjust war. The highest medal the military can convey is the dishonorable discharge for insubordination. Military recruitment in the modern context is an invitation to make children into murderers. Let us hope the day comes when no one steps forward for this great and shining lie.