I just got this video e-mailed today from Brasscheck, about the state of New Orleans from an American Vietnam veteran who's ticked off with the wasted potential of the US. How the richest country in the world can't respond to a major disaster in it's own country but can invade countries half way around the world. This man is still supporting his country while the ones who are supposed to aren't.
It kills me to see someone betrayed by their governments after giving so much to it & giving up so much for it.. We get enough of it here as well which is why I can relate. I admire the people who fight for their peers freedom & rights. I would have joined the forces myself if I weren't diabetic, partly because my family has been involved since WW1 & probably before.
We have a military, here in Canada, who only a couple of weeks ago couldn't participate in naval maneuvers with the US & German navies off our eastern seasboard, due to insufficient funds. In the meantime, our troops are all over the world peacekeeping & at war in Afghanistan, being killed in while in service.
A Canadian sailor was killed a couple of years ago while transporting a 2nd hand deisel powered sub from Great Britain that caught fire en route to Canada. We had to borrow uniforms from the US forces because ours clashed with the environment in Afghanistan instead of camoflauged with it. This is because our government is trying to save money.
I've seen it on TV & the internet where soldiers are welding pieces onto thei vehicles to stand up to enemy fire. I believe we're still using jeeps. With our technology, why is this? If we can't arm our forces better & protect them while they are trying to protect us, haul 'em out of there.
The man in this video speaks of the way the US armed forces should & could be influencing the world.
I can still fight for our rights though. That's why I posted this as soon as I saw it. How can we involve ourselves in other country's affairs while we ignore or mishandle our own?
I heard the song he is refering to many years ago & thought that line was fitting.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
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