Now, I've watched Braveheart and Lord of the Rings, and any number of similar movies; I don't enjoy battle scenes, but I understand why they are there: the protagonists are bravely protecting their precious ways of life and homelands at all costs. I boast Irish, German, and Viking blood. I understand that sometimes war is an unfortunate necessity in the sinful and illogical world in which we live: it is sometimes necessary in order to protect our freedoms and those of others with whom we share this planet. I have pride in our American military who have sacrificed to maintain those freedoms.However, for whatever reason, I had brought along Kurt Vonnegut's excellent Slaughterhouse Five as light reading on this particular trip: a book that I had tried to read in the past and just not engaged with, but giving it another chance was the right choice. It is a vivid account of the horrors and the ludicrosity of war. Read it if you get the chance.
Support our troops: ideally by welcoming them all home soon.
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Ah, our history, and how we forget it (or never learned in the first place).
Read my latest post, Riverotter. I think you will like it. I thought of you when I was writing it.
Good topic for independence day.
A war without end, and a country and people asleep. We have come a long way since the revolution. Of course, we stopped declaring actual 'war' by act of congress after WWII, all that debate was a bit too messy. Much easier to just kill by executive order. Good thing the poor adolescents of America have a choice, the Army or Walmart..
or, perhaps in the end, they really are the same thing.
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