Hello boys and girls!
Today we are going to talk about sacrifice. I would talk about Libby or the up and coming Plame case but I am satisfied with the progress of that so far.
When promoting the most recent troop surge Bush in his wisdom told us we would need to sacrifice and let those 20,000 soldiers go to war. Yet what are WE sacrificing.
What's does our president have to say about this topic? "I think a lot of people are in this fight. I mean, they sacrifice peace of mind when they see the terrible images of violence on TV every night."
An excellent point. In those brief moments where my tv displays the news when im flipping between reruns and soft porn, I can get watered down news of the war. Boy that really breaks up my day. Now I will admit that it bothers me when I think of my friends in danger over there. But that is not sacrifice. Sacrifice is going without meat for three years because you willingly put yourself on war rations. It is giving up all spare rubber and metal products and changing your way of life to support your nation's cause. It is not "Spending more" as our dear leader would have us do.
What pisses me off is that the perversion of terms like Patriotism and Sacrifice is an insult to those who have made real contributions to those ideals. My friends being sent to Iraq isnt us making a sacrifice. Its me blithely accepting that they could be martyred for a war our nation does not support. If sacrificing my friends is what is being asked for, I think id rather not. At least not until the cause is worth it.
2 comments:
Well... ya know the guy reads flashcards written by the same people that write adds for stuff in skymall...its all useless crap but enough pretty words, enough good catch phrases for the product, read enough times over a, lets say, 8 year long flight, makes the perpetually bobbing little bird thing that drinks water look like it just MIGHT be worth 3 easy payments $99.99 to some people. For others its just a long... long... LONG trip with bad reading material
There is an essay by Ian Frazier called, "All Consuming Patriotism." I believe you just summed up that essay. It's very good, I recommend it.
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