ISIS: Replacing America's "volunteer" army one grunt at a time
I just finished reading War Porn,
Roy Scranton's excellent, violent and scary new book that vividly
describes what it was like to be in the US Army while actually fighting
in the 2003-2011 "war" on Iraq. https://sohopress.com/read-an-excerpt-war-porn/
But times have changed since then. America's "volunteer" army has now
been replaced with a new kind of G.I. grunt altogether: ISIS. http://www.moonofalabama.org/2016/09/todenh%C3%B6fer-interview-with-al-nusra-commander-the-americans-stand-on-our-side.html
"Jane, that is crazy talk," you might say at this point.
Maybe. Maybe not. But as Sherlock Holmes always told us, "When you
have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable,
must be the truth." So let's take a look at the history of America's
armed forces within the last 100 years to see what is impossible -- and
what is not. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-02/isis-enemy-us-created-armed-funded
From the first world war back in 1917 to Vietnam in 1961-73, America's soldiers
were mostly recruited through the draft. Americans hated Vietnam --
and what they hated most about that horrible "war" was being drafted
into it, into the blood and horror and death signifying nothing.
Vietnam was fought by draftees and nobody here liked that -- so
eventually public opinion forced that stupid "war" to end (that and the
fact that America also lost). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W7-ngmO_p8
And then along came the invasion of Iraq in 2003 -- and America's new "volunteer" army fought
in that one. The "war" on Iraq was fought by salaried American
"volunteers" -- but still nobody here liked it when these so-called
volunteers
started coming home in coffins or without limbs or with the sick and
twisted minds described in Scranton's book. So the pressure of public
opinion forced the end of that "war" too (that and the fact that America lost that war as well).
Now, however, all the current
"Endless Wars" in the Middle East may never come to an end. Why? Because America's
neo-con war hawks have learned from their past mistakes and now have
whole huge battalions of new soldiers who
will fight these
wars for them -- soldiers who nobody in America minds if they get blown
up or killed or get PTSD.
Now America's neo-con war hawks are paying ISIS thugs to fight their (not our) "wars" for them -- and nobody here cares if ISIS thugs get blown up or have a bad day. Clever, yes? The possibilities here are indeed "Endless". http://dissidentvoice.org/2016/08/the-NeoCon-in-the-oval-office/
Sadly, most Americans don't object to all these current evil blood-thirsty unjust "Endless Wars" for profit going on in the Middle East -- unless Americans themselves are affected personally. If Americans don't have to look at all those veterans' cemeteries, grieving widows and returning soldiers without limbs, then apparently they're totally cool with all kinds of slaughter in the Middle East. http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-arab-spring-made-in-the-usa/5484950
PS:
Here's an interesting video that clearly demonstrates that American
recruiting offices in the Middle East are open for business and going
strong: "White Helmets: Al Qaeda with a facelift" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aAaReVn2I4
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