fred >>Good pick, Kate. Puts it all into stark perspective. "Too much fucking perspective," to quote David St. Hubbins. It really expresses the anger I've been feeling, especially, as the father of a 3 year old, this line: "You've thrown the worst fear/That can ever be hurled/Fear to bring children/Into the world."<<
fred thanks for posting those potent lyrics to 'masters of war' i know how you feel having a young son fred, my son is probably out of the ranks of being eligible but who really knows what is to come...i do have 2 other extended family members in the service (one who left last week for kuwait- a young woman with a daughter - she is a single parent) & i have several friends with kids over there now... my beloved nephew is going in next month (of all times to join up)... but i'm proud of him & his decision even while i am sickened & furious at those who call the shots & yet have none of their loved ones who are at risk (save one congressman)... i cannot tell my nephew what i have heard from so many veterans of vietnam & the first gulf war- about how they went in so young & brave, feeling how they were doing the honorable thing & serving their country only to find out it was not like that at all--- to the point that many who once served now oppose this war... then there is the whole issue of veteran's health benefits...a long standing problem for those who we call our heros...its disgusting... congress just approved a tax cut of $25 billion to veterans benefits just as we have started this war...talk about an axis of evil...
