Monday, April 21, 2008
Troops Don't Need No Education
Of the 56 Senators and more than 200 Representatives who have signed on to legislation to improve GI Bill benefits, none of them is named John McCain. He's opposed to making the GI Bill more lucrative because "enhanced educational opportunities could negatively affect retention rates." You see, the last thing you would want is a military in which the troops feel like their military experience has prepared them to venture out into the wide world. No, better that they feel there is no escape because there aren't enough "opportunities" on the outside.
This isn't Supporting the Troops, it's Supporting the Defense Establishment. A veteran such as John McCain should know better; and he should do better by the young men and women he has sent, and pledged to send, to risk their lives in Iraq for his corrupt and pointless war.
This isn't Supporting the Troops, it's Supporting the Defense Establishment. A veteran such as John McCain should know better; and he should do better by the young men and women he has sent, and pledged to send, to risk their lives in Iraq for his corrupt and pointless war.
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Much as I hope McCain loses the election, I feel I have to point out that McCain has his own plans for a bill. One with incentives to remain in the military.
No details yet. Maybe it'll be free education for those that retire at 65.
No details yet. Maybe it'll be free education for those that retire at 65.
Thanks for the link, Lister. I'm curious to see what McCain's looks like. The article mentions that he doesn't want anyone leaving the military early due to the GI Bill, but most use the GI Bill only after they have served their entire commitment, so I don't know what that is supposed to mean. It's not like people are going AWOL and then collecting their GI Bill.
McCain can't expand the war into Iran if he doesn't have adequate cannon fodder. Iran, after all, will be much harder to occupy, privatize and rob than the impossible to subdue Iraq since Iran has not experienced 12 years of punishing sanctions and fly over bombings like Iraq did prior to "shock and Awe."
Consequently, McCain and his Israeli right wing pals will need a lot of strapping young men who don't know any better, an effort aided by the right wing hijacked economy. (Or they could have a draft. Ha1)
You'd think McCain, and the rest, could learn from history. We're still dealing with the consequences of the CIA overthrow of the legally elected government in Iran in 1953. Without that there might not even have been any Islamist revolution.
Consequently, McCain and his Israeli right wing pals will need a lot of strapping young men who don't know any better, an effort aided by the right wing hijacked economy. (Or they could have a draft. Ha1)
You'd think McCain, and the rest, could learn from history. We're still dealing with the consequences of the CIA overthrow of the legally elected government in Iran in 1953. Without that there might not even have been any Islamist revolution.
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: 5/25/08 1:18 PM
: 5/25/08 1:18 PM
Furious,
Of course you're right about them needing cannon fodder. We've got the largest, most expensive military in world history, and what's the point of having something like that if you never use it?
I used to teach a Middle East History class at an Army school and I made the same point you do about the Mossadegh coup. I think that was the pivotal moment in our mideast policy: without that coup, the strongest liberal leader in Middle Eastern history would have stayed in power, there would have been no Ayatollah, and the Muslim Brotherhood, Abu Nidal and other terrorists of the 60's and 70's wouldn't have had so much confidence that they could aqtually achieve an Islamic state. Also, maybe they wouldn't have such ample reason to distrust us when we say we are promoting democracy.
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Of course you're right about them needing cannon fodder. We've got the largest, most expensive military in world history, and what's the point of having something like that if you never use it?
I used to teach a Middle East History class at an Army school and I made the same point you do about the Mossadegh coup. I think that was the pivotal moment in our mideast policy: without that coup, the strongest liberal leader in Middle Eastern history would have stayed in power, there would have been no Ayatollah, and the Muslim Brotherhood, Abu Nidal and other terrorists of the 60's and 70's wouldn't have had so much confidence that they could aqtually achieve an Islamic state. Also, maybe they wouldn't have such ample reason to distrust us when we say we are promoting democracy.
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