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planet. All we are 'allowed' to see is the 'shock and awe', not the blood and guts of those acually on the ground, being blown to bits. We have a whole generation or two (those that were not at least 12 years old during VietNam), who believe its just a video game. American 'children' should be exempt from being 'traumatized, don't you know, but the hell with the kids our bombs and weapons maim!!
I really get crazy about this. I believe it should be mandatory that every 'pro-war' fool in this country view all the pictures, videos, audio tapes or whatever, that can be located, so that maybe it will sink in what the USA has been doing for the last 50 years. We glorify the military and their awesome weapons...we have at least 725 bases occuping other peoples' countries (complete with country clubs, schools, self-contained mini-Americas) while some of the 'natives' are living in dirt proverty...then we ask, "Why do they hate us so"?
What kind of a country are we, when we don't blink an eye at $407 billion a year for the military? That is more than the combined military expenditures of 3/4 of the world.
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