U.S. Troops Are Government's Abused Children
Our United States military men and women waging war in Iraq are our government's abused children. They deserve our support and compassion. And their abusers deserve our reprimand.
Like horrible parents who continually abuse their offspring mentally and physically, the Bush administration lies to our troops and puts them in dreadful, unnecessary situations where those not being killed are being wounded or emotionally and mentally scarred. That so many of them will return home and sooner or later understand that they unwittingly played a hand in the unnecessary slaughter of thousands of innocent civilian men, women and children will be a mental burden that is incalculable but inevitable.
Like abused children who remain loyal to their parents, dutifully following even the most terrible and nonsensical orders, many United States military troops today remain blindly loyal to the Bush administration, not realizing the abuse they are forced to suffer under is neither natural or necessary, but the result of the abhorrent behavior and callous, bullying attitudes of their highest-ranking government officials. If these abused men and women question authority or make attempts to avoid or escape the abuse, they are threatened with severe punishment and shame.
Simply sending our troops "care packages" of cakes, cookies, magazines and toiletries might make the abuse temporarily more tolerable but it only affords a brief respite, not addressing the root cause of the problem.
So how do we best support our troops? Just as we would any abused children. We offer them as much love as we know how as we try with all our might to remove them as quickly as possible from their abusive environment. At the same time we find mental help and/or strict confinement for the abusive superiors. Then we continue to love our troops and create the most healing and nurturing environment possible. Then we teach them to see through the lies of our government officials hoping they are never again so horribly deceived by those they wanted so much to trust.
And all along we pray and pray again for peace to prevail in the world and in all our hearts.
Like horrible parents who continually abuse their offspring mentally and physically, the Bush administration lies to our troops and puts them in dreadful, unnecessary situations where those not being killed are being wounded or emotionally and mentally scarred. That so many of them will return home and sooner or later understand that they unwittingly played a hand in the unnecessary slaughter of thousands of innocent civilian men, women and children will be a mental burden that is incalculable but inevitable.
Like abused children who remain loyal to their parents, dutifully following even the most terrible and nonsensical orders, many United States military troops today remain blindly loyal to the Bush administration, not realizing the abuse they are forced to suffer under is neither natural or necessary, but the result of the abhorrent behavior and callous, bullying attitudes of their highest-ranking government officials. If these abused men and women question authority or make attempts to avoid or escape the abuse, they are threatened with severe punishment and shame.
Simply sending our troops "care packages" of cakes, cookies, magazines and toiletries might make the abuse temporarily more tolerable but it only affords a brief respite, not addressing the root cause of the problem.
So how do we best support our troops? Just as we would any abused children. We offer them as much love as we know how as we try with all our might to remove them as quickly as possible from their abusive environment. At the same time we find mental help and/or strict confinement for the abusive superiors. Then we continue to love our troops and create the most healing and nurturing environment possible. Then we teach them to see through the lies of our government officials hoping they are never again so horribly deceived by those they wanted so much to trust.
And all along we pray and pray again for peace to prevail in the world and in all our hearts.
posted by David C. at 12:47 AM
2 Comments:
Could you specify, and link to authoritative sources, a few of these "lies?"
Hi. Thank you for checking in. I'm generally not going to respond to "annoymous" comments and questions for reasons including those alluded to in my article on "Conservative Bob". If you have something to say and expect me to take the time and effort to respond, I would hope you would have the courtesy to stand behind your words with your true identity.
But, in this case, the answer is so easy. Just go to www.google.com and type in George Bush Lies and you will find all the great links I can imagine you will want to check out. It seems there has become a small cottage industry cataloging George Bush lies.
Thank you for caring, Mr. or Mrs. "Anonymous".
David Ciaffardini
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