This kid wasn't even born before the VN war ended.
I guess somebody's gotta tell the story, Doug
That's probably a good thing, since I can't find it within myself to make much of it. By the time I left that place my perceptions of the world and especially the United States Government had been turned on their head. I felt like we were the bully on the block and didn't give a good shit about the harm being imposed upon everyone.
I'm fascinated by the humanities ability to forget or ignore events regardless of how tragic. Living in an insane world is justification for ignoring it.
My daughter is nearly 50 years old and until I signed up for VA Health she didn't know I had ever been in the military. (I signed up in 2018 at the request of my boss and then avoided the place like the plague for 5 years because of the constant push to get vaccinated. This is not to say that the VA Health System hasn't been a blessing because it has been very wonderful. The upper level management are incompetent while the worker bees are exceptional.
My daughter is nearly 50 years old and until I signed up for VA Health she didn't know I had ever been in the military.
That's a stunning statement. I'm so, so sorry. I'm sorry you were put through it. I get so mad sometimes at Americans for not seeing the forest for the trees, but I look back at all the shiite they have been put through since they planted the cross in 1607, and my heart breaks. I don't know how much more shiite we'll have to go through, but I think a reversal is coming. My prayer, anyway.
I'm so, so sorry. I'm sorry you were put through it.
I wouldn't want anyone to think it was all bad because it wasn't. The camaraderie and travel, new experiences, most importantly respect for the value of life when threatened is priceless. The very worst of the experience for me was being away from family, friends, and ultimately losing faith in the country itself. Having my own conscience seduced to ignore the ravages that accompany wars as if they're simply to be expected. Many of the guys that shared the experience came home addicted to heroin that was being marketed by the CIA and others in the military transport business. In many respects we become our own worst enemy.
I remember having a conversation with my dad after returning home. We were talking about the drug problem in the U.S. I told him then that the only entity big enough and bad enough to supply the drugs coming into the U.S. was the U.S. Government. The only drug traffickers being arrested and incarcerated were the U.S. Govt's competition.
1)Having my own conscience seduced to ignore the ravages that accompany wars as if they're simply to be expected.
2)We were talking about the drug problem in the U.S. I told him then that the only entity big enough and bad enough to supply the drugs coming into the U.S. was the U.S. Government.
I started another comment to you on point 1 last night. Computer crashed, and in looking at some old tabs in another window, by serendipity several other related things came up along the lines of my comment to point 1 (AND point 2). For now, I need to park this one here, until I can get back to point 1, which is on another window, with probably another 100 tabs. smh....
Exposed: Secret offer King Charles is planning to make to Donald Trump that would make America ROYAL again - RICHARD EDEN
I'm not subscribed so can't get the story, but it is probably spelled out in the following comment...and the second comment is one of the things I was trying to post to you in my comment of last night.
"So the King will give Canada to the U.S. if the U.S. will join the Commonwealth?"
"The royals, biggest drug dealers ever, biggest slave brokers..."
""when the jester sang for the king and queen"....American Pie" (((ATKHWDI: oh lord, that will require another search, another rabbit hole, another crashed computer:) ))
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And if this story above is true, I shouldn't be surprised, because if the truth be known, THE UNITED STATES IS STILL A BRITISH COLONY EXTORTING TAXES FOR THE CROWN, but it is STILL blowing my mind, and I have to digest it for a few, while I multi-task and try to get ready for company.
Starting on page 1, continues to almost the end of page 2:
"...Let no one tell you that this instrument is not as valuable today as it was in 1787, for the fact is that it is much more valuable today—so much so that complete dis- integration of this Republic cannot be avoided should we fail to return our Government to the principles set forth therein. I shall now quote an article by Andrew Carnegie, which he wrote at the request of the London Express, and which appeared in that paper October 14, 1904, entitled "Drifting Together."
DRIFTING T O G E T H E R — W I L L T H E UNITED STATES AND CANADA U N I T E ?
(Written by request for t h e London Express, October 14, 1904, by Andrew Carnegie)...