A militant INDEPENDENT democratic socialist's attempt to expose the truth of our culture – in all its rich irony and absurdity.
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
I will never THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, Pentagon robot ... And why ?
Read if you will Gore Vidal's essay on West Point . THE MILITARY establishment of the United States is taken for granted as object of craven respect and admiration : " THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ! ".
And how do I know what constituted YOUR service : a few months in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq " ? An honorable role in the My Lai massacre in Vietnam 50 years ago ? Involved in military assassination of designated " terrorists " like that recent murder of the Iranian general ? An honorable mention for " service " in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ?
I will never THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, Pentagon robot , unless you can without shame tell me about it .
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