A deep, rich tradition of lying
The U.S. keeps getting in wars, and the government keeps lying about them.
By
Ed Garvey
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The next time a young man or woman comes home in a box, don't listen to the politicians who want us to believe that individual died honorably and in defense of our nation so the rest of us can enjoy the few liberties and joys left in life.
The reason another lifeless body comes home is because inept politicians are unable to make good policy. They are incapable of getting along with other nations and those who see the world differently. They are consumed with reelections and egos. They are beholden to those who line pockets with campaign money and make profits from tearing apart nations and peoples and cultures with nasty armaments.
-Maria Caliente | Middleton, Wisc. | May 15, 2012
Amen Maria
-WisconsinLiberal | FoxValley, WI | May 15, 2012
Now that you mention it, I do recall something about someone, I am not sure it was a military man, saying the game in Iraq would be a slam dunk and inexpensive. Perhaps a lesson here is that it might be less expensive to give Herb Kohl a bigger scoreboard at the Bradley Center in order to more visibly record slam dunks. Then men might be reassured of their their masculinity in basketball and not in war. Women also might be reassured enough in watching men in action at the Bradley Center that they would not feel compelled to vote for political warriors such as President Obama or Mitt Romney, but instead cast their vote for a colorless but peaceable man such as Ron Paul who wishes to sound the retreat to American troops throughout the world.
-Ernest Martinson | Hayward Wisconsin | May 15, 2012
The lies never stop, seems like somebody is always trying to flim flam somebody else, all in the name of profit!!!! How come all these wheels in government aren't even veterans? They have all these plans and want to attack other countries but they have never served nor have their children. Talk is cheap, and so are the poor peoples kids lives who get sent to fight to protect corporate interests.
-Michael Reinfeldt | Reedsburg WI | May 15, 2012
Yes, Ed, all too true.
What makes it most despicable is not that is cloaked in the guise of "national security" but that it's cloaked in the guise of "humanity" or, especially, "Christian humanity."
Remember what the taxi driver (Wallace Ford) said about "normal" human beings in the movie "Harvey"?
-Ralph Novy | Hillsboro, Wisconsin | May 20, 2012
