{"id":22664,"date":"2011-03-22T14:53:43","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T18:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=22664"},"modified":"2011-03-22T15:11:16","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T19:11:16","slug":"being-anti-war-gets-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=22664","title":{"rendered":"Being anti-war gets hard"},"content":{"rendered":"

It used to be that being anti-war was cool, people embraced you just because you said you opposed US foreign policy. Especially if you had some sort of “absolute moral authority” that you could attach to that narrow world view. But not only did the economy go to shit, but hippies are out of vogue what with that new President in the White House. Well, according to Cindy Sheehan<\/a>;<\/p>\n

I cringe with embarrassment when I think of the wasted years imagining that there could be any other way to solve problems without killing more innocent people! It\u2019s okay to bomb Libyans to save Libyans (or Iraqis to save Iraqis; or Afghans to save Afghans; or Yemenis to save Yemenis, etc) because a Democratic president who has been given the cover of the UN Security Council may bomb them. Yep, it\u2019s all starting to make sense. With all the continuing conflicts, imagining a world without war was starting to seem useless\u2014and now I know it was! Phew!<\/p>\n

This is another kooky idea I had\u2014that the Security Council of the UN oftentimes, if not always, bowed to the will of the global oligarchy\u2014or should we say, OILigarchy. I chuckle, because apparently that notion was either dead wrong, or was just a fact of life up until January 20, 2009.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s another mistaken notion that I labored under all these years: Torture is inhumane and a war crime. Up until just last week, I thought the US torture camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba should be closed and that military tribunals should not resume\u2014but President Obama signed an executive order to keep Gitmo open and resume military tribunals. Wow, it\u2019s like from almost one day to the next, torture and illegal, indefinite detention became acceptable practices.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Talk about self-flagellation. Next thing you know, she’ll be voting and stumping for Republicans so she can get her former luster back.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Old Trooper for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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