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Editorial See other Editorial Articles Title: Our Troops do NOT Protect Our Freedom and We Should Stop Thanking Them for Doing So Our Troops do NOT Protect Our Freedom and We Should Stop Thanking Them for Doing So Our Troops do NOT Protect Our Freedom and We Should Stop Thanking Them for Doing So SUNDAY, 07 AUGUST 2011 16:11 JESSE RICHARD Let's make one thing crystal clear, no member of the US military contributes in any way whatsoever to protecting the freedoms of the American people. As a matter of fact, they are more likely to turn their weapons on you than they are to defend your Constitutional rights. The only people on this planet Earth who can affect your freedom are members of Congress, local legislators and the members of enforcement institutions who will blindly follow the rulers who sign their paychecks. And, while your beloved troops are murdering people around the globe, yes, I said murdering, your Congress and local legislators are eliminating your freedoms, en masse, without any intervention by our so-called protectors in the armed forces. UPDATED....To understand the REAL mission of the US military, and the real impact the US has on DESTROYING democracy and freedom around the world...listen to this confession of a US economic hit man...link. There is no honor in volunteering to go anywhere in the world and kill anybody you are told to, without question, without historical background and without verifying the stated reasons for doing so. In this modern age of information we now know that time and time again our military have been deployed into battle, to kill and be killed, for reasons that in no way shape or form resemble the reasons for which they, or we were told at the time. This is no secret, although many Americans refuse to take off the flag that is wrapped around their eyes and see American history as it really happened. They blindly believe what was told to them by the people who have a vested interest in maintaining myths and misconceptions. The US military, not once but twice, committed the single largest mass murders in history by dropping nuclear weapons on civilian populations, including of course, on women and children. Say what you want about how it helped end the war....the bottom line is the US could have exploded these devices over uninhabited territory with the same effect of scaring the heck out of the Japanese. But they followed orders that were lies and murdered almost 300,000 people, without question. As a human being I find it hard to honor such “patriotism.” From the Gulf of Tonkin to the first and second invasions of Iraq, history now teaches us that lies have led our troops to military intervention more often than not. As a matter of fact, it is hard to find an American military intervention in modern history in which the cover story ends up matching the actual events. A little research will show you this. It will also show you how the same people are usually behind funding both sides of military conflict and those doing the funding and instigating have almost always been, how should I say this, the 'good guys.' Yep, westerners on the popular side of conflict are the ones funding the 'bad guys' before they ever are labeled the bad guys. Prescott Bush, the father and grandfather of George H.W. and George W. respectively, made his fortune by funding the Nazis and Hitler's rise to power. This is the same clan who went after Saddam Hussein in Iraq after they put him in power and armed him in the first place. But why pay attention to details if it interferes with our troop worship and flag waving? Time and time again we see that the people who make decisions to send troops to war are the very people who profit financially from such wars. Today's troops can see this. It is part of the public record, yet they still do not question their missions. They join the military with a promise never to question orders. Taking history into account, I see no pride in this kind of service. Recent history provides a very clear lesson for our troops and those who cheer their missions. You have never seen a more clear and egregious example of questionable motivations for military intervention than during the Bush/Cheney administration. A virtual 'who's who' of defense contractors comprised not only the Defense Policy Board, but the office of Vice President. Not to mention that a significant portion of these men signed a document noting that that a 'new Peal Harbor' would be useful in getting public support for their agenda (to increase military spending and activity), and then - just such an attack - the first Pearl Harbor in 60 years took place on 9/11...what a nice coincidence. Gee, what are the odds of the only 'Pearl Harbor' in 60 years taking place while the men responsible for preventing one (and in positions to create/allow one) were the same men who wrote about benefiting from one. But according to most Americans, it is crazy to suspect them of anything...simply because they are Americans. If Dick Cheney had been a Muslim he would have been hanged 9 years ago. Unfortunately, the majority of Americans have neither the intellectual curiosity to actually learn about historical events nor the intelligence to actually think about claims made by their leaders or pop-journalism-gate keeping-icons. For example: Americans have swallowed whole the concept of our troops “protecting our freedom” without ever once asking “how, how does killing foreigners in Iraq or Afghanistan protect our freedom?” Maybe if they asked that question just once and really waited for an answer, a real answer that actually really made sense to them, they would realize there is no answer - because troops killing foreigners have no impact on the freedoms of the American people, and they never will. Here is another question Americans have not asked, “How can an Iraqi, Pakistani, Afghan or Islamic fundamentalist in other nations take away our freedom?” The answer to this question is of course...by becoming a member of the US Congress. It is sad that I will be lambasted for speaking the truth about this sensitive subject, but someone has to. The saddest truth however, is that the members of the US military serve today with no honor. They are dangerous and a threat to all free people, here and abroad. In plain terms - they volunteer to kill at the behest of people who have lied to them for generations about why they are being sent to kill. Generations of lies be dammed, they still follow orders, and kill, without question. I repeat - as a human being I see no honor in this. While it is true that the existence of our military acts to deter nations from invading our shores, credit really should go more to our nuclear arsenal and military technology than to National Guardsman who find themselves shooting at Iraqis in their own homeland. I don't think that it is a deterrent to have private American “security firms” torture, for fun, the “enemies” who are in their own country, in their own neighborhoods, near their own families, and who dare to fight the American military personnel who obliterated their homes, killed their brothers, sisters, children, mothers and fathers, and occupy their soil. The nerve of them! In the meantime, your freedoms and protections are being systematically eliminated while government protected rights for corporations are expanding beyond your wildest dreams. If this nation had a legitimate mainstream news media you would know this and you would probably take to the streets and revolt because you would realize what some of us already know, your rights, health and wealth have been under assault while you are distracted by bogey men in foreign nations who are supposedly going to take your freedom away!!! So how free are you and who exactly are the terrorists. Here is how free you are in your own home in your own country. These are just a few examples - off the top of my head. - there are more...but to start... You are not allowed to drink raw milk, no matter how healthy it is, because under certain rare conditions may cause health issues), but you do have the right to smoke chemically addicting cigarettes that when used as directed WILL KILL YOU! You don't have the right to stop your food supply from being contaminated and genetically manipulated, leaving you with no alternative. You don't have the right to collect rain water or grow your own vegetables to feed your family. You have no right to stop corporations from poisoning your air and water. You have no right to treat your ailments naturally because your government has declared that the only way to become healthy is by medications and treatments that will produce big profits for corporations. Healthy food can not benefit your health and if it does the FDA will classify it as a drug. You have no right to raise your child without injecting toxins and dangerous chemicals directly into their blood streams. During the Bush/Cheney administration you had no right to free speech. Special zones called “free speech” zones were created and kept far from Bush and Cheney where those who wanted to speak as free Americans could gather. You are not free to exchange goods and services on your own terms. You must use Federal Reserve Notes, which is NOT U.S. CURRENCY. It is a system of money created and maintained, unconstitutionally, by a cadre of private banks. You are not free to feed homeless people and if you are homeless you are not free to be fed by your fellow citizens. We are not free to know about or have any say about secret activities in which our rulers partake. For example what terrible weapons they create, what biological or chemical programs that may accidentally or purposely destroy us all, how they set up and instigate wars and conflict as well as events that justify actions for which they want to take but have no legitimate justifications. America is not yet a totalitarian dictatorship, but it is clearly on the way to becoming one. And our beloved troops are doing nothing at all to stop this. What is worse is that some day they may actually be the ones to stop you from doing anything about it. They are already practicing to do so. So if you want to thank people for protecting your freedom...thank journalists...real ones, not establishment hacks, who try to inform you about what is taking place while you are distracted by nonsense. Thank civil liberty lawyers and staff who don't use their education to make it rich charging criminally high fees for their services. Thank whistle blowers. Thank people who risk a backlash of threats and worse to finally speak the truth to people who simply don't want to know there is a truth beyond the myths that have comforted them throughout their lives. And while you do this I'll thank you for at least listening to these uncomfortable words. Reality is not pretty, but if we all open our eyes to reality maybe we can stop those who make it so ugly. I don't know about you, but I want to be proud of my country for real reasons, not mythical ones. Think about it. Jesse Richard – Founder, TvNewsLIES.org Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 58.
#3. To: tom007 (#0)
I love this commentary and, Tom, I know what you mean about the criticism you'd get posting this on almost any other venue.
Shame on both of you.
this is what i wholeheartedly agree with, Cyni. were it a situation that we were attacked on our soil and our troops were protecting and defending this country from enemies within, i would feel quite differently.
Well said. I think we all know that if any soldier were truly dedicated to honoring his oath the first order of business would be to kill most of the politicians in this country! The first part of said oath says so: I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic;... Are there any greater enemies than the politicians who write and sign "laws" to deny our liberties? People who see no harm in hiring goons to treat us like terrorists, with no supporting evidence of it, just so we can board a plane? I truly have no use for the ruling elite and think the soldiers days would be quite full if they honored the first part of that oath by taking out the domestic enemies of the Constitution.
James... It is most difficult for me to accept that so many people on this forum actually believe the above statement. It is an all encompassing statement. If so many of the good people here really believe and accept such, I am in the wrong place. Any student of history would know better from an intellectual standpoint, if Americans truly believe that, in their hearts, we are surely through as a society. Believing that a missile hit the Pentagon is quite one thing, believing and entertaining the idea that NOT ONE AMERICAN MILITARY DEFENDS US, is ludicrous to the point of absurdity. Following the herd is not productive.
With all due respect, how is this adjunct of the IDF protecting America today?
First let me accept that the statement is true. And I am President of the United States. Obama for instance, a person that may soon be unemployed. KNOWING THAT, ALL OF THE MILITARY, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, WILL FOLLOW ANY ORDER, PERHAPS I MIGHT JUST EXECUTE A MILITARY COUP, ABOLISH THE CONSTITUTION AND DECLARE MYSELF PRESIDENT FOR LIFE. What keeps Obama or any other government figure from doing this? Is it fear of me or any of the masses? Or is it perhaps the military??? Accepting this authors protestations as fact means we should be on guard every minute for a military coup. Perhaps others are, I am not. I sleep well accepting that enough of the military is with us to thwart any such adventure.
Then your answer is our military is protecting us from a military coup?
There is no "answer" there, it is merely illustrative how this country works. I only recall one attempted military coup in my lifetime, it never got beyond the first former General. Butler blew the whistle and FDR was afraid to punish those involved. General Butler stopped the entire effort by himself.
I am sure there is a large statue of the man placed in a prominent position at West Point, Along with a engraving of his "War is a Racket" essay.
I am sure there is a large statue of the man placed in a prominent position at West Point, Along with a engraving of his "War is a Racket" essay. Pleasssse. Annapolis if you will. Butler was a MARINE. Although he never attended the Academy. He became an officer at a time when that was not a requirement. I think he's one of the reasons we now have a strong bias in the military against officers who have not been put through 4 years of
#74. To: Original_Intent (#58)
Yep, corrected, Butler was an Army guy, I believe he was one of the very few to go from Army private to Gen.
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