We as a society don't show enough empathy and support for veterans

[Harmony Blue]

returning from duty so why is the DC bubble surprised we don't want anymore wars?

[valerief]

1. They don't care what we want. They'll do whatever their puppet$$$masters want. nt

[earthside]

2. "Thank you for your service."

That little phrase has become the insipid 'support' for veterans.

Frankly, I'm sick of hearing it.

Because talk is cheap. Most Americans do support veterans programs, but I think that most Americans also believe that they must be getting what they need since we spend a trillion dollars a year on the military.

The problem is not most Americans --- it is the 'retired' career military, the Pentagon administration, and the military contractor elites that have no concern for veterans -- they just want all the money for themselves.

Truth is that there is gobs of money for veterans, but the priorities of the military-industrial-lobbyist-complex are for more weapons, foreign bases, i.e., maintaining the empire and lining their own pockets, than it is for veterans.

Pres. Obama is clearly fully entrenched inside the DC bubble and/or is a captive of the 'Prussian officers' that really run the military -- and they are always angling for more war because that means more money and power for them.

[LWolf]

3. WTF

Maybe I'm just too tired to read this correctly.

If we had no empathy for soldiers, why would we care if we were sending them off to be killed? That would make it more likely to WANT war.

Are you trying to say that "supporting the troops" is the same thing as supporting WAR? The way to show support for them is to support more battles for them to fight, more opportunities for them to be maimed and killed???



We as a species don't show enough empathy for our fellow human beings, period. If we did, there would be no such thing as war.

War and empathy do not go together.

"We as a society" don't show enough empathy and support for ANYONE who needs it. Hence the refusal to consider a national health program that would ensure that all people got the health care they needed regardless of income or position in life. Hence the efforts to demonize the poor and support the 1%. We'd rather put people in prisons at a profit than rehabilitate them.

It's not as if soldiers and veterans are singled out.