It's amazing. People on here take potshots at a government I helped
to elect without one peep, yet I bring a healthy skepticism to a
counter-revolutionary group, and I'm branded everything from selfish
to a Nazi sympathizer. (which is humorously ironic to this history
buff, as nazism was a SOCIALIST movement.)
As Lighty & Bruce alluded to, blind faith in anything will get you
killed. Case in point. History tells us every revolutionary
movement, absent a persuasive leader, needs a sympathetic martyr to
rally around. What better martyr than a good-looking All-American
kid from the heartland? This kid, despite a desire to "blow things
up", freely chose to join the Marine Corps rather than hone his
desires at any of the numerous coal mines, steel mills, or
construction sites that pepper the greater Allentown area. His
induction in to Marines began with a 4am arrival & haircut at Parris
Island, followed by twelve weeks of sweeping a broom to the cadence
of "Marine Corps, KILL KILL KILL", jumping jacks to the cadence
of "Marine Corps, KILL KILL KILL", and piercing his dinner with a
fork to the cadence of "Marine Corps, KILL KILL KILL". During these
12 weeks, he was exposed & desensitized to what the phrase "Marine
Corps, KILL KILL KILL" actually means. Because he was a volunteer,
he was given the option of withdrawing at any time. Roughly 30% of
his fellow recruits chose to drop out under no obligation. He chose
to graduate from basic training & was contractually obligated to
spend the next four years of his life as a Marine, the most
efficient killing force the world has ever known.
Sometime in the last three months of his contractual obligation (May-
August 2003) he saw something that bothered him. This perfectly
natural occurrence, once known as "shell shock" is now called Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder. It can manifest itself months or years
after actual combat. People with untreated PTSD have been shown to
be highly susceptible to dangerous influences & are more likely to
have harmful side effects from PTSD.
Now let's get back to the revolutionary movement again.
Surprisingly, IVAW was founded by Corporal Hoffman, but its
headquarters are in St. Louis, not in Pennsylvania, where he now
lives. IVAW can either get Corporal Hoffman the treatment he needs
to combat PTSD or they can exploit this good-looking All-American
kid & make him relive his nightmares to further their agenda. Since
they take their name from VVAW, we can assume their agenda is the
same: full scale withdrawal of US troops from all hostilities using
any means necessary. VVAW metastized from a non-violent protest
group in November 1967 to a counter-revolutionary group in November
1971 calling for National Strikes, open sedition, and assassination
of US Senators.
The fact IVAW found some non-violent filmaker with a large following
in Asbury Park to further their agenda has proven their exploitation
of Corporal Hoffman was successful. God help us all if Al-Qaeda is
able to funnel money & propaganda to IVAW the same way the KGB,
through the World Peace Council, was able to funnel money to VVAW.
Now, Jim, regarding your most recent post directed to me, I would
appreciate it if you would refrain from the personal attacks &
insults. We can disagree without being disagreeable. As a
documentary filmmaker, I was under the assumption you were
interested in discovering & presenting facts. I apologize if my
assumptions were incorrect.
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