Reply #12: enlisting today

[90-percent]

People that join the military seem to have a genuine motivation to patriotically serve their country. They serve for what they understand are the best reasons to put your life on the line, for your country and which it stands; the American way of life.

They need to be told they will be used as pawns in wars that serve the elite at the expense of the vast majority of us. They need to be told if they follow orders directly from the White House, they will be betrayed and sacrificed by this very White House if they get caught.

I am in awe of the brass balls Cheney has when he can appear on TV less than a week ago and give the old "bad apples" rhetoric about Abu Ghraib abuses. I'm sure that's comforting to all those in jail as a direct result of carrying out exactly what the White House ordered them to do. (See Janice Karpinski's recent appearance on Keith for that one!)

People serve for the best of reasons and then THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT uses them up and betrays them. Fighting for your country is one thing. Fighting for the sociopaths that run it is quite another!

Cheney is telling them, quite literally; "So, you made a mistake, you trusted your government." Cheney considers American servicemen and women to be as disposable as surgical gloves! And just as valuable.

-90% Jimmy