Reply #89: The only people who spit on U.S. service people [View All]

are the various governments, left and right, who use them to fight their wars for profit, then abuse them when they are no longer useful to them.

If there was respect for the military among the wealthy oligarchs who use them, half the homeless population would not be made up of veterans.

I wonder how many veterans they have taken into their homes after finding out their circumstances, these warriors they use in their War PR? Big ships are nice to look at, but I would rather be looking at the VA hospitals which when you visit them, show how inglorious and ignoble war really is.

We have given a home to two veterans who certainly weren't being treated very well by any one of those who are awed by the military. So, in my view, I am not impressed at all, having paid attention to the number of dead human beings they are responsible for, and on the other hand, the sad reality for the men and women in uniform often so traumatized by what they were forced to see and do, can no longer function in a society that gives lip service to 'honor and duty' and 'respect for the military'.

I view veterans as human beings in the same way I view Iraq citizens. People who have been destroyed by the U.S. military machine, and who should be taken care of now as best as possible. But we are busy spending money on even more WMDs and we will be looking to use them to justify that spending. Who will the next victims be? Follow the Oil ....

That there are Iraq Veterans and Afghan Vets on our streets without homes, makes these military shows of force all the more disgusting to me, to be honest.

Not impressed, I'm impressed by the Geneva Conventions which was the best that human beings can produce when they really want to adhere to principles of honor and glory.