Cowardice and Courage
I must say I admire and support the incredible courage of the
Iraqi people in their fight against a cowardly enemy. I especially admire
their use of the guerilla tactics the American revolutionaries used more
than two centuries ago to defeat the Redcoats. The fake surrender and hit
and run attacks are right out of the American Revolution playbook.
The pathetic cowardly whining of US officials who are upset with the
guerilla tactics reminds me of the same whining of the Redcoats. What?
You expect your targets to obediently line up, stand still and wait to be
killed?! Is that the scenario these dumbshit cowards "war
gamed" against? What can be said about the sad sacks of hypocritical
excrement who are complaining about the tactics the Iraqis are using
(tactics they have every right to use) to defend their land from
invaders? To borrow the politically-incorrect words of George Carlin to
describe the US military, the US media, its assorted whiny-assed
sniveling cowards and pathetic sycophants: "What a bunch of fucking
pussies!"
The US military is engaged in a brutal gang rape (again) and I refuse to
be one of those vile contemptible idiots who "support the
troops." What utter nonsense. We're supposed to rally around and
support our troops now that they are actively engaged in the gang rape
and mass murder of a sovereign country? No way! This is about as absurd
as family members, after being unable to persuade the rape of their
daughter from happening, turn around and dutifully "support the
rapists" after the gang rape has commenced. Such idiotic behavior is
cowardly and contemptible, not to mention absolutely disgusting.
I should also add that they are not my troops and the US military
establishment has never done anything to protect freedom, liberty,
democracy and human rights here or abroad. Some of us actually have a
functioning bullshit detector and don't reflexively believe all the
Orwellian lies and propaganda crap vomited by the self-serving,
self-aggrandizing and sanctimonious establishment mouthpieces. So spare
me the bullshit soliloquy about the US military protecting our democracy
and our freedom.
Every fight for labor rights, human rights, women's rights, civil rights,
indigenous rights, immigrant rights, disability rights, etc., was fought
by popular resistance, popular struggle, protest, dissent, and direct
action by regular everyday workers, families, neighbors and communities.
Every inch of gains, every positive development in the quest for liberty,
dignity and freedom, were made by struggle and resistance.
The history of the US is a history of genocide, naked aggression and
oppression against many of these struggles; not liberation, freedom,
democracy or any such nonsense. US history is littered with millions upon
millions of innocent victims at home and abroad from US terrorism,
tyranny, and aggression.
The history of the US military and its increasingly militarized domestic
police forces in their service to power is a history of brutality,
savagery and viciousness in their efforts to crush and kill nearly every
struggle by people around the world and at home to fight for the basic
values of liberty, freedom and dignity in their own lives. I have
absolutely no respect for such dishonorable and contemptible
institutions. I spit on them and I proudly burn the vile American flag
precisely for what it represents: tyranny and oppression.
These odious opportunists flapping their jaws in the media and
proclaiming their support for our troops and their families mysteriously
disappear when it comes time to support them when they return home
injured, disabled, with deep psychological scars and mysterious ailments.
George Bush and his cronies are demanding large cuts in the Veterans
Administration budget and they continue this country's mean-spirited
slash and burn tactics of what is left of the very limited social
programs that benefit veterans and their families. Once the cannon fodder
has served the purposes of Empire, they are discarded and thrown away.
They are disposable people.
Strip away the self-serving bullshit rhetoric of "support the
troops" and what do I see? I see the political and business elites
enriching their pockets and making their lives very comfortable on the
backs of the cannon fodder. The thanks the surviving (and often damaged)
veterans get for the cynical exploitation of their service? Humiliation,
exploitation, and an extended middle finger as they are usually told to
shut up, stop complaining, go away and fuck off.
Support our troops by bringing them home NOW. Support our troops by
funding medical and social programs for the military veterans that have
been slashed and eliminated over the years. Support the forgotten and
discarded troops who end up homeless, depressed, disabled, hungry, angry,
disappointed, and broken. Support our troops when they have the courage
to refuse orders. Support our troops when they rebel and mutiny against
the US terrorist war machine. Support our troops when they desert the
blood-stained and cowardly US military. Support our troops when they frag
high ranking war criminals coldly prosecuting this gang rape, illegal
occupation, and mass murder.
Allow me a moment of hope for our future. Most importantly, support our
troops if they ever decide to raise their weapons and point them at the
real enemy: the entire US political, military and business establishment.
Fire away.
Tom Trouble is a pissed off citizen who comes from a military family
and is a contributor to Alternative Press Review
(www.altpr.org).
Link:
http://www.altpr.org