Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Same Shit, Different War

Related: Denying the Troops

"World’s oldest man, one of the last WWI veterans, dies" by Danica Kirka, Associated Press | July 19, 2009

LONDON - That’s when he met Goodwin, a lay inspector for nursing homes, who realized that veterans of Allingham’s generation were not getting the care they needed to address the trauma they had experienced.

Doesn't that sound damn familiar?

“I think we need to make people aware that a few men gave all they had to give so that you could have a better world to live in,’’ he said. “We have to pray it never happens again.’’

That's the same propaganda we get now -- and sorry to say, his was the most worthless war ever.

Those prayers were never answered.


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