AW: Not Just About Iraq (Was: London)

[Bekah]

At 2:31 PM +0200 7/9/05, Otto wrote:
>I had that idea too but decided that it is not my opinion.
>
>We Germans learned from WW2 and the Holocaust that in the end there's no way
>trying to blame the political leadership alone. Every soldier in Guantanamo,
>Abu Ghureib or elsewhere on this planet is personally responsible for what
>he/she is doing in the name of his/her country and/or his/her God.


And for that very reason,  I can't "support the troops."   I 
supported them  wholeheartedly in the First Gulf War, but this time, 
now,  "the troops" should have known what they were signing up to 
support this "home of the free and the brave,"  capitalist state. 
Telling me they need the jobs is no excuse for what many of them are 
doing.  "Support the troops" is a mindless piece of fluff to give the 
illusion on cars and radio stations that "Americans support Bush." 
Nonsense.   We need to "support the peace."


Bekah