From Chuck Baldwin’s Facebook Page, 6/13/14
The collapse of Iraq into chaos does not surprise those of us who vehemently opposed G.W. Bush’s preemptive invasion of that Middle Eastern nation. Every time the U.S. militarily injects itself into unprovoked war, the countries we attack or bomb or invade ALWAYS plunge into calamity not long after.
Think of the toll of U.S. blood; think of the American deaths; think of the American servicemen maimed and injured for life; think of the 100,000-plus innocent deaths suffered by the Iraqi people. Think of the trillions of U.S. dollars spent; think of the displaced people in that country; think of the parentless children; think of the persecution of Christians and other people in Iraq now.
When will the American people tire of a U.S. foreign policy that assassinates thousands of innocent people all over the world? When will we tire of our State Department and CIA sticking its nose (meaning: using our U.S. military personnel as global cops or UN enforces or little more than public mercenaries for politicians’ private parochial agendas or as guards of privately-operated poppy fields in Afghanistan) into everybody’s sovereign affairs? When will Christians and conservatives stop jumping up and applauding every time some war-mongering politician like John McCain or Lindsey Graham starts beating war-drums?
These ceaseless wars of aggression have bankrupted America, not only economically, but also morally and spiritually. The blood that is dripping from the hands of America’s politicians (and, ultimately, the hands of the American people who allow their politicians to shed this blood in their name) is flowing like rivers all over the world. And, after it’s all said and done, the countries we attacked or invaded are WORSE OFF after our having done so.
So, pray tell, what was all of that sacrifice in Iraq and Afghanistan all about? What did it accomplish? The U.S. government sends our young men and women to fight unjust, morally-bankrupt wars, and then when they come home maimed and injured for life, they are treated like cattle in VA hospitals and clinics. So, how does all of that equate to “supporting the troops”?
If we truly “support the troops,” we won’t ask them to risk and give their lives for Big Business or for the United Nations or for politicians’ private agendas or for nation-building or for the benefit of some foreign country, who, when it’s all over hates our guts. If we “support the troops,” we would only ask them to risk and give their lives in the lawful, moral, and constitutional defense of American lives and property. Anything else is just Big Business/Big Government BS!
When will the American people have enough?
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