My brother Rick was one of the heroes of the American war against Viet Nam\u2014he helped to organize and articulate war resistance in his unit, refused to kill people or to be killed in pursuit of the rulers\u2019 imperial dreams, and deserted the US Army, spending the next decade on the run and in active resistance to war and racism. Unlike folks like John McCain who committed war crimes every day, dropping bombs on civilians, ruining farmland and infrastructure and murdering farmers and workers from the air, Rick stood for peace and justice. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yeah, while I’m no fan of John McCain the politician, I am a fan of the John McCain who went to war and then spent years in a prisoner of war camp which cut short his career of ruining farmland. But, it’s a little odd to me that someone like Ayers who plotted to blow up a Fort Dix NCO Club dance would talk about “peace and justice”. But Ayers compounds that idiocy;<\/p>\n
A few years ago a group of German radicals and peace activists created a huge depiction of a soldier in profile, running hard as his helmet and rifle are flying away from him, and called it The Monument to the Unknown Deserter. They displayed their monument from town to town and city to city all over the country. We need that kind of sentiment\u2014that monument\u2014here, now more than ever.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It’s nice that Ayers can spout that kind of idiocy, encourage desertion among the troops, knowing that very few would actually take his advice, and knowing that his security will be maintained by the vast majority of service members who won’t desert.<\/p>\n
If Bowe Bergdahl went AWOL, becoming one of millions of deserters throughout history, we should embrace that action on his part. We should stand up visibly, noisily, and salute the courage not to fight.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yeah, well, the “courage not to fight” is pretty rampant through out America, since the large majority of Americans have decided not to fight anywhere besides on their TV and computer screens. So Bergdahl is one of many.The difference is that Bergdahl promised that he would and then when the chips were down, he apparently turned his back on his comrades and went for a long walk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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