25,
May 2015 Memorial
Day
As
yet another Memorial Day another fades away from our consciousness, we should demand
far more accountability from our policy makers who send our young men and women
to ill-defined battles waged in our name.
Our
elected officials have initiated and sustained these conflicts often over
massive public opposition and have rarely suffered personal tragedies on the
battlefield. Former President Bush served in the National Guard and his
vice-President, Cheney, successfully obtained five deferments. President Obama
isn’t a military veteran, nor are many of the presidential hopefuls who have
declared or might declare a run for the White House in 2016. We should not only
remember our own fallen heroes but offer our prayers and apologies to the
millions of our adversaries who perished and continue to die in unnecessary
wars based on the deceitful policies of our politicians. With an all-volunteer
army, the rich will invariably escape the horrors of war which will
increasingly be drawn from a disadvantaged population.
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