Some Anti-Memorial Day Remembrances - lewrockwell.com
Excerpt from this article:
"One of the tenets of militaristic fascism in America is the
oft-repeated slogan that 'you don’t have to agree with the wars to honor
those who fight them for us.' Something to this effect is repeated
thousands of times during Memorial Day bloviations all across the
fruited plain. And it is all complete nonsense. 'Honoring' paid
killers for the state for participating in non-defensive, unjust wars
only serves to make it more likely that there will be even more unjust
wars in the future. And it rewards individuals for engaging in some of the most sinful and reprehensible behavior known to mankind. There have been one or two exceptions in American history, but in
general what Americans are 'memorializing' on Memorial Day (which began
as 'Decoration Day' shortly after Lincoln’s war) is wars of conquest,
imperialism, mass murder of foreigners and the confiscation of their
property, the abolition of civil liberties at home, the slavery of
military conscription, and the debt, taxes, and inflation that are used
to pay for it all." (emphasis mine)
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In a post I did yesterday, I suggested that Muslim children might not be getting a well rounded education (see my post: What Muslims Fear Most: Smart Bombs and Smart Girls!). The same could be said of America's youth!
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