Who thinks a foot-soldier in Iraq is content with killing an enemy? It is kill or be killed, so his (her) enemy must be overcome. Certainly, some are happy to kill and maim but the vast majority of our troops will be haunted by what they are doing for their entire lives. Still, they follow orders.
Iraq is not an example of "How to Win Friends and Influence People" when it comes to Muslims, a religion that boasts a large following, worldwide. Certain people profit greatly from a religious war that lasts forever. That same group will gain power and control each time a 9/11 type attack occurs, which is why our borders are still wide open. Who left them open for eight years? Any foot-soldier can grasp the value of securing a perimeter.
Some that read this Opening Post (OP) see themselves as foot-soldiers, writing in the last bastion of a
free-press, the Internet. Sadly, they are correct. By calling it "liberal media," gigantic corporations are buying up our
free-press - in ways once forbidden by the FCC. With every large media purchase, a
ruling class is taking over the way Americans think. Believe it or not, the Internet is also under attack. (
http://civic.moveon.org/save_the_internet/)
Do we attack foot-soldiers working in radio, television or newspaper? Editors, writers and broadcasters take orders from owners. Media is just like any other company, when it comes to pleasing the boss. ANY worker can be fired! It was Reagan that dismantled the FCC, allowing the
ruling class to buy up media in a new way. By reducing ten FCC Commissioners to three, he began changing
the news into what we see today. Reagan made numerous other changes to achieve that goal.
Do we attack foot-soldiers, working in intelligence, at the NSA or Homeland Security, for destroying the Internet? If so, why not attack our under-paid, under-trained troops on the ground in Iraq? All of these foot-soldiers are simply following orders. Perhaps that slim minority we refer to as the
ruling class will find a Lieutenant Calley to blame, like they did during Vietnam. He was simply following orders. (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Calley)
Do we attack foot-soldiers who follow Jesus? History shows that Christians have been duped into supporting wars, which Jesus would find appalling, since 325 AD - if not earlier. Many hard-core fundamentalists are finally "seeing the light" because of the Occupation of Iraq. After all, Jesus is the
Prince of Peace. Will Muslims - with dead parents or children - learn to forgive and forget, while seeing the same light?
Do we attack our leaders in Washington DC? After all, politicians simply follow orders: Their orders, however, come directly from the
ruling class. We might have indeed been
Diebolded with crooked, untraceable, ballotless, voting machines, in the last elections. (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diebold) Now average citizens will have a slim majority of Democrats in the House and Senate to blame, as economic woes gush into their lives, after eight years of
"Trickle-Down Economics." Instead of debating FISA and Major League Baseball; when will Congress begin debate on
USA Patriot Act I, a
temporary law to protect America or
USA Patriot Act II - the
final solution in killing our 4th Amendment and the Republic? (
http://www.aclu.org/safefree/resources/17343res20031114.html)
I bet the
ruling class loves what is going on in modern times. They pay little, if any, tax - after the
"tax-breaks" referred to by high-ranking Republicans. Although they make most of their money in the USA, they ship our jobs to China, while importing cheap labor over unprotected borders.
With the cost of attaining an education quickly spiraling out of reach for most Americans, as a two-class system returns,
perhaps the ruling class can keep teeming masses ignorant - like the Dark Ages - and again enjoy real power.
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