Pro-war activists who support the war in Iraq. Chickenhawks who believe in "freedom and democracy" in the Middle East. Conservatives who label anti-war opponents as "communists." Sound familiar?
Australia, and indeed the world, is full of these people. The Nation investigates the movement in America:
"Conservative campus groups like YAF and College Republicans are growing in strength and numbers. And since the start of the Iraq War, these outfits have stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Bush to support the war, but they have not stood alongside the soldiers doing the actual fighting and dying. They want someone else to do the hard work."
Sounds like the vast majority of American, British and Australian politicians who are more than willing to send young men and women into an illegal and immoral war.
Australia, and indeed the world, is full of these people. The Nation investigates the movement in America:
"Conservative campus groups like YAF and College Republicans are growing in strength and numbers. And since the start of the Iraq War, these outfits have stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Bush to support the war, but they have not stood alongside the soldiers doing the actual fighting and dying. They want someone else to do the hard work."
Sounds like the vast majority of American, British and Australian politicians who are more than willing to send young men and women into an illegal and immoral war.
1 Comments:
Dirtbikeoption,
"The point is, Shabadoo, that it's easy to support the war when you aren't doing any of the dying."
Well, yeah. Being dead renders a lot of things difficult. Are you saying that only the Undead may vote? :P
But hey, it's nice to know that you think no civilian ever had the right to support the war against Hitler. ^_~
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