[Peace-discuss] They published my letter this morning

[John W.]

Thank you, Karen.  Yes, it's a good letter.

The military has served as a vehicle of upward social mobility and decent
retirement income for a lot of black people, whose opportunities elsewhere
were limited.  But of course they've had to ignore the larger implications
of what they were engaged in and contributing to.  Muhammad Ali, famously,
did NOT ignore those larger implications.

John





On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 6:30 PM Karen Aram <karenaram at hotmail.com> wrote:

> John
>
> I have posted it on the Peace List, but now will post it to you and the
> Peace Discuss List, I never get it right.
> This was written to support David Green’s excellent letter.
>
> Please see below:
> >
> >>
> >> When those who served in the military talk of "what a wonderful
> experience they and others had while with the US military, I ask, to what
> is it they are referring?  Is being cannon fodder, and part of an
> organization used to destroy and murder innocent people, a worthy endeavor?
> >>
> >> Do they not notice the veterans suffering from PTSD, as well as
> crippling physical malady’s, suffered by many returning veterans? Do they
> not see the homeless, nor the recorded suicides of at least two a day,
> every day, of US veterans. This doesn't cover the numerous broken family's
> or the nightmares, suffered as a result of their "service to their country."
> >>
> >> I suggest speaking to “Veterans Against War," those who served their
> country, only to return and become active opposing US imperialism and
> hegemony, whether Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan, due to the horrors suffered
> by our soldiers, as well as inflicted upon others.
> >>
> >> It's time the News Gazette stop glorifying wars that serve only to kill
> and enrich the corporate elites owning our government, wars that cripple
> our people while ensuring wealth for our major industry, weapons.
> >
>
>
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