Ganapathy
Banned
- Joined
- Jul 11, 2016
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- Socialist
Afghanistan: The longest war, no end in sight – Workers World
As somebody who has served in the Army, it bothers me to see a prolonged overseas war, started and continued due to imperialist aggression, have no sign of stopping. Bush started this war, and Obama did little to stop it once he took office.
I've seen the type of people who support this war, both in the military and in civilian life. The soldiers who supported the war in the Middle East were often textbook sociopaths, very violent, prone to fighting in the barracks, blatantly misogynistic towards female soldiers, and all of them just couldn;t wait for the chance to kill a Muslim... any Muslim. The civilians who supported this illegal occupation of another country halfway around the globe were always poorly educated, got all their news from Fox, and often horded firearms so that they could "defend themselves" despite being the only ones in their town with a criminal record.
There is no good reason to keep sending troops to the Middle East, and no good reason to continue our illegal occupation of Afghanistan. Bring the Soldiers, Marines, Airmen, Sailors, etc. back to the U.S.A, and stop using "war" as a justification to bloat our military budget while our education budge and healthcare budget shrinks.
As somebody who has served in the Army, it bothers me to see a prolonged overseas war, started and continued due to imperialist aggression, have no sign of stopping. Bush started this war, and Obama did little to stop it once he took office.
I've seen the type of people who support this war, both in the military and in civilian life. The soldiers who supported the war in the Middle East were often textbook sociopaths, very violent, prone to fighting in the barracks, blatantly misogynistic towards female soldiers, and all of them just couldn;t wait for the chance to kill a Muslim... any Muslim. The civilians who supported this illegal occupation of another country halfway around the globe were always poorly educated, got all their news from Fox, and often horded firearms so that they could "defend themselves" despite being the only ones in their town with a criminal record.
There is no good reason to keep sending troops to the Middle East, and no good reason to continue our illegal occupation of Afghanistan. Bring the Soldiers, Marines, Airmen, Sailors, etc. back to the U.S.A, and stop using "war" as a justification to bloat our military budget while our education budge and healthcare budget shrinks.