Letter to Charlotte Observer 010910

We are in Afghanistan to prop up a very corrupt government. We are in Afghanistan, like in Iraq, to prop up geo-political interests and to reap big profits for the military industries. We are not there to help the people, we are not there for the safety of American citizens, and we are not there to benefit ordinary people in any country. We certainly are not there to deter terrorism, since our actions are inspiring more to become terrorists.

The point of our military is to kill our enemies and destroy their ability to hurt us. We do not have a military to chase down criminals in foreign countries, and we do not have a military to ‘build democracy’ or ‘bring peace’ to foreign nationals. We do not have a military to run elections in foreign countries, particularly elections that are corrupt. We do not have a military to assist other countries in exercising self-determination. And while it is noble to assist other countries to overcome poverty, that is not the job of our military either.

We have a military to destroy another country’s military that is intent on harming us. Because we are using our military to attack and occupy other countries that have not attacked us, we bring the innocent people of those countries the democracy of death and the freedom of the grave. We also ask our service members to risk their lives, and possibly ruin or end their lives, for the profit of corporations. It is insane, and it is obscene. This must end, and end soon.

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