Fuck the troops

Incidentally, fuck my last update. You won't be seeing your requested transformed into flowing prose anytime soon (yeah yeah too late, fuck you for that too!) so here's some real shit, yo.

I don't know if my readership has been keeping up with politics lately, but if they haven't, allow me to inform: It's the race to the 2008 seat of stupidity, and aside from meaningless banter about healthcare or economics, the hot topic of this campaign is the "war" in "Iraq". Among what most (lazy-minded) people would consider the rational candidates for representative of the people, the creed is "damn the war, bless the troops", the common belief being that even though the war is wrong, the troops are all heroes and victims. However, this could not be farther from the truth.

You must pardon the fact that I just wrote "this could not be farther from the truth". It was base and unoriginal, and I apologize. Moving on, let us consider some points. First, that there is no draft in place, so every soldier still serving has chosen to do so (it can be argued that not dodging the the draft in 'Nam was also choosing to go there, but I think in this case the semantics of "decision" are far more clear cut). Now let us see what that implies about the type of person who is being shipped off to maimery or death: They are obviously completely clueless about the reasons this war is going on, because any sane or good person would not take up arms unless that person's life or way of life was threatened. Would-be refuters would argue that the American way of life is being threatened, and I would agree, except that the source of the threat is certainly not from the Middle East. In fact, I postulate that the biggest threat to the American way of life is from within, but that's another update.

As I have said, aside from a direct threat to life and liberty, going to war is a dumb idea, but then why are so many people joining the military? Could it be because joining the army is a way to pay for college? That couldn't be, unless someone was so bereft of (in)tuition to to think that killing/getting killed was a clever alternative to getting a job, finacial aid, or a loan. So is it because soldier's desire to kill is so strong that they must join the military? It's possible, but it stands to reason that it would be much easier to just kill people locally, so travelling all the way to Iraq and going through training seems like a lot of trouble for something that could be more easily accomplished (and beneficial) at home.

That being said, I can safely say that most people enlist to fufill some ill-informed notion of freedom without realizing that government-employed, half-educated hicks running around with guns (or as the founding fathers described and eschewed as a "standing army") is as far as you could possibly be from furthering freedom. In fact, I don't feel too strongly for the police either, and current NYC events seem to show that the standards of professionalism and intelligence have fallen to a dismal level. That is why I say, "Fuck the Troops".

Many will ask, "Duh, what about the terrorists 'n' shit?!?!?" To that I will say: Fuckin' worry about it if it happens. If you are so super-worried you can't be consoled, then form a local militia. Tis the safe and Founding Fathers-approved method.