Luddly Neddite
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Truthdig - The Last Letter
Well worth reading his entire letter, as well as the accompanying links.
After Vietnam, we said we would learn from that fiasco. We have said the same thing about every idiotic war since then but we never learn. Now the right is wanting to make war on Iran.
Will we ever learn that the real enemy is war itself?
I write this letter, my last letter, to you, Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney. I write not because I think you grasp the terrible human and moral consequences of your lies, manipulation and thirst for wealth and power. I write this letter because, before my own death, I want to make it clear that I, and hundreds of thousands of my fellow veterans, along with millions of my fellow citizens, along with hundreds of millions more in Iraq and the Middle East, know fully who you are and what you have done. You may evade justice but in our eyes you are each guilty of egregious war crimes, of plunder and, finally, of murder, including the murder of thousands of young Americansmy fellow veteranswhose future you stole.
Well worth reading his entire letter, as well as the accompanying links.
After Vietnam, we said we would learn from that fiasco. We have said the same thing about every idiotic war since then but we never learn. Now the right is wanting to make war on Iran.
Will we ever learn that the real enemy is war itself?