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Friday, January 22, 2016

War veterans should read Dalton Trumbo's " Johnny Got His Gun "

Another troubled veteran story
Since most war veterans are working class, democratic Socialists are very interested in their recovery from war trauma. But does it enter the head of any conventional therapist that this stress syndrome is connected to the social conscience of the soldier ( " Thou shalt not kill " ) who has probably witnessed not a few war crimes ?
The troubled combat veteran deserves a rational explanation for war- which he will never get from the U.S. military. Even the Chaplain Corps mostly just greases the war machine with the blessing of Lord, the " Prince of Peace ".
The last chapter of Dalton Trumbo's " Johnny Got His Gun " says it all. Naturally, the capitalist ruling class in America blacklisted the leftist writer Dalton Trumbo.
The Chaplain Corps greases the war machine

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