The problem is, for every intelligent young person with a conscience who sees the truth there are perhaps a thousand who would kill him or us for questioning the wisdom of the rulers.
Pat Tillman would have murdered this guy if ordered to do so before he saw the truth for himself, and then he was so stupid in his awakening that he tipped his hand and let on his intentions to expose the truth, and it cost him his life.
So you see, the govt need only control some of the people (and soldiers) some of the time to keep all off balance and ineffective. And, those who start to wise up stupidly announce when its time to kill them.
Look at the dull normal drivers of the cars with red, white and blue "SUPPORT OUR TROOPS" ribbons on them. Then ask yourself how long it would take to change their thinking, after first telling them what stupid dupes they've been.
Good luck with that.
America will never be saved by a mass moral awakening. We are simply incapable of it.
Agree with that too, but maybe the momentum here is growing.
I'm guessing that most of the guys thinking this way aren't as courageous as this guy was, and also, let's keep in mind that these guys appear to be speaking out after they finish their time in service.
If the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan all mutinied and refused to fight they'd soon be set upon by Israelis dressed as the enemy and leading revenge squads to murder them.
They'd better wait until they're separated and at home before speaking out. And then only if they require no medical care from the VA. Otherwise they may suddenly expire from "extremely rare reactions to ordinary injections of steroids, pain killers, muscle relaxers, or x-ray dyes."
The govt could then cremate the remains (and the evidence of wrongful deaths) and federal judges would dutifully uphold it, just as they do the rulings of "accidental death" in the suspicious demise of federal prisoners who fall from their bunks and puncture vital organs and shatter half of their bones.