War is hell

Don't forget to remember

On this Veterans Day, or Remembrance Day for my Canadians readers, don't forget to remember all the veterans who gave their lives, their limbs, and sometimes their sanity to their country. But while you're at it, don't forget to remember all the Iraqi's and Afghans who have been murdered in this war of terror for oil. And don't forget to remember all the people who got killed, maimed, and or tortured in all those countries where despots and dictators that we supported ruled and still rule. Remember all the people the Contras killed in Nicaragua when Saint Ronnie was President, and keep those folks who Nixon's pal Pinochet killed Chile in your minds on this day of remembering.

And remember that while you have a modicum of freedom and free speech, millions of people in the countries that are allied with us and who do business with us do not. People in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, China, and other countries are not free and we help keep them down due to our addiction to foreign oil and cheap consumer goods.

And finally, remember that bloodthirsty bastards who have been in charge of this country for the past eight years, Bush and Cheney, should be thrown into Gitmo before it's closed or at the very least they should be led from the White House in handcuffs and taken to be tried for their crimes against humanity at The Hague. They are after all responsible for the deaths of thousands of our soldiers and for the murders of hundreds of thousands Iraqi and Afghan citizens.