"In war, truth is the first casualty"
- Aeschylus (524/525 BC - 455/456 BC)
Before I go any further,
I owe an enormous amount of gratitude to all troops past & present.
Happy veterans day to those who are currently on the frontlines,
as well as those who didn't make it home.
This country would be nothing without men & women willing to stick their necks out.
Which is why I am deeply saddened when I hear that the rights of the most honorable members of our society are not being respected.
I present the following in hopes of informing those left in the dark of the many struggles which not only plague their brethren, but may also pose a risk to them in the future.
Hopefully the day will come where truth will reach the masses
awakening the hundredth monkey for all eternity.
First & foremost, there's no doubt we are truly engaged in a forever war.
Bush can simply give a big thumbs up & declare the "mission accomplished"
or Obama can tell you it's over by simply changing the units names,
but like the Who says: "meet the new boss, same as the old boss".
Whether the fight continues in Iraq & Afghanistan, or the chess pieces move to Yemen, Pakistan, Iran, or elsewhere, the war will continue, ever in the shadows, until we can no longer afford it.
It's shaping up to be a $3 trillion war, costing $50 million for every taliban killed.
Many have alleged we are there for oil, true, not solely, but true.
For crying out loud, the U.S. bases are located along a projected oil pipeline route in Afghanistan.
Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve,
has confessed, "the Iraq war is largely about oil".
Not men in turbans who due to blowback seek vengeance on foreign occupation,
it's all about the regions precious resources.
There exists $1 trillion in mineral deposits in Afghanistan alone,
and the area is responsible for 90% of the worlds opium, which we help grow:
More than half the fields surrounding the Aussie base in Afghanistan are being used to grow the opium,
which I may add is essential in manufacturing heroin.
But forcing the troops to engage in the cultivation of drugs is just the tip of the iceberg.
Because the troops are so often exposed to depleted uranium (DU):
Hundreds of tons were used in Iraq,
in Fallujah alone, cancer rates are "38 times higher" than "expected".
The cancer rate there is reportedly worse than those found at Hiroshima.
Many U.S. troops are also coming home with leukemia and passing illness on to their children.
Gulf War vets alone are 50% more likely to have babies born with birth defects.
Through cross-contamination they also pose a high risk to family & loved ones.
The radioactive material is nearly undetectable after a month of entering one's system,
yet continues to thrive, even surviving in the water supply once pissed out.
DU is nasty stuff which has a half-life of 4.468 billion years, fact that it's even being used is a war crime, yet the Pentagon swears it's safe,
which is probably why we're trying to accumulate the brunt of the worlds uranium stockpiles.
many links pertaining to DU
DU is not the only life altering material the troops potentially come into contact with.
Many working in Iraq's water treatment plants were exposed to the carcinogen hexavalent chromium.
Halcion was given to troops to treat insomnia, often negligently resulting in amnesia.
The experiments conducted on troops is far too extensive to mention here,
so I'll have to dedicate an entire article to the practice in the future.
What I will take time to remind of is the Halliburton showers,
whose shoddy craftsmanship by the Dick Cheney owned conglomerate electrocuted many troops.
Yet the company and its subsidiary received many taxpayer funded bonuses in the wake of the tragedy.
Halliburton also stands accused of poisoning troops with tainted water:
With all the risks they're exposed to, health care is crucial.
Soldiers acquire permanent injuries, but are surprised to find they often receive temporary care,
and if the gov got their way, troops would be paying for their own injuries.
Yet the white house can spend $1.3 billion on "don't ask, don't tell", just to kick out homosexuals.
"Don't ask, don't tell" is a common phrase in the military,
it can also sum up the 80%-90% of sexual assaults which go unreported.
The rapes don't stop there, many Iraqi children have been molested,
at times even in front of family members.
More sickening is the fact there exists videos documenting the events.
Then there's the aftermath of war, which I have previously documented.
Rampant with mental illness, which can often lead to violence, & suicide.
Many incidents have arose which included deranged acts of violence, such as
the army "kill team" leader who severed the fingers of victims in order to make a necklace
Long term, not even the soldiers death benefits are certain.
The death benefits of 6 million veterans were stolen
in a deal made by Prudential and the Department of Veterans Affairs:
Even so, those who received their benefits often weren't informed of a $250k plan,
and instead their widows received only $6k upon the death of their loved ones.
Still, you thought death was the end of the road?... Try again!
Not only has the white house banned coverage of the returning coffins,
but in the most prestigious of burial grounds: the Arlington National Cemetery,
hundreds of bodies have been misplaced.
Lastly lets take note of your number one freedom as an American,
the one thing which was intended to return power to the people: voting.
Absentee ballots are often not counted, far too often they are purposely shipped out late
so they don't make the deadline.
To boot, they are the votes most often to be manipulated to bend to the will of whomever is pulling the strings in any given political race.
The irony here is, illegal immigrants will be given citizenship in return for enlistment.
But even so, those illegals who didn't enlist still have the opportunity to vote in such states as Arizona & even responsible for electing a democrat governor in Connecticut.... imagine that?
Yet those sacrifice their lives for this country overseas typically have their vote:
-lost
-manipulated
or
-not counted due to deadlines
Long story short, support the troops, not the puppet masters.
Sorry if I offended anyone. Just thought you should know.
To discover such information and not share it with the public would be not fulfilling my duties as an American citizen or a human being.
from recruit to awol
Before I go any further,
I owe an enormous amount of gratitude to all troops past & present.
Happy veterans day to those who are currently on the frontlines,
as well as those who didn't make it home.
This country would be nothing without men & women willing to stick their necks out.
Which is why I am deeply saddened when I hear that the rights of the most honorable members of our society are not being respected.
I present the following in hopes of informing those left in the dark of the many struggles which not only plague their brethren, but may also pose a risk to them in the future.
Hopefully the day will come where truth will reach the masses
awakening the hundredth monkey for all eternity.
First & foremost, there's no doubt we are truly engaged in a forever war.
Bush can simply give a big thumbs up & declare the "mission accomplished"
or Obama can tell you it's over by simply changing the units names,
but like the Who says: "meet the new boss, same as the old boss".
Whether the fight continues in Iraq & Afghanistan, or the chess pieces move to Yemen, Pakistan, Iran, or elsewhere, the war will continue, ever in the shadows, until we can no longer afford it.
It's shaping up to be a $3 trillion war, costing $50 million for every taliban killed.
Many have alleged we are there for oil, true, not solely, but true.
For crying out loud, the U.S. bases are located along a projected oil pipeline route in Afghanistan.
Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve,
has confessed, "the Iraq war is largely about oil".
Not men in turbans who due to blowback seek vengeance on foreign occupation,
it's all about the regions precious resources.
There exists $1 trillion in mineral deposits in Afghanistan alone,
and the area is responsible for 90% of the worlds opium, which we help grow:
More than half the fields surrounding the Aussie base in Afghanistan are being used to grow the opium,
which I may add is essential in manufacturing heroin.
But forcing the troops to engage in the cultivation of drugs is just the tip of the iceberg.
Because the troops are so often exposed to depleted uranium (DU):
Hundreds of tons were used in Iraq,
in Fallujah alone, cancer rates are "38 times higher" than "expected".
The cancer rate there is reportedly worse than those found at Hiroshima.
Many U.S. troops are also coming home with leukemia and passing illness on to their children.
Gulf War vets alone are 50% more likely to have babies born with birth defects.
Through cross-contamination they also pose a high risk to family & loved ones.
The radioactive material is nearly undetectable after a month of entering one's system,
yet continues to thrive, even surviving in the water supply once pissed out.
DU is nasty stuff which has a half-life of 4.468 billion years, fact that it's even being used is a war crime, yet the Pentagon swears it's safe,
which is probably why we're trying to accumulate the brunt of the worlds uranium stockpiles.
many links pertaining to DU
DU is not the only life altering material the troops potentially come into contact with.
Many working in Iraq's water treatment plants were exposed to the carcinogen hexavalent chromium.
Halcion was given to troops to treat insomnia, often negligently resulting in amnesia.
The experiments conducted on troops is far too extensive to mention here,
so I'll have to dedicate an entire article to the practice in the future.
What I will take time to remind of is the Halliburton showers,
whose shoddy craftsmanship by the Dick Cheney owned conglomerate electrocuted many troops.
Yet the company and its subsidiary received many taxpayer funded bonuses in the wake of the tragedy.
Halliburton also stands accused of poisoning troops with tainted water:
With all the risks they're exposed to, health care is crucial.
Soldiers acquire permanent injuries, but are surprised to find they often receive temporary care,
and if the gov got their way, troops would be paying for their own injuries.
Yet the white house can spend $1.3 billion on "don't ask, don't tell", just to kick out homosexuals.
"Don't ask, don't tell" is a common phrase in the military,
it can also sum up the 80%-90% of sexual assaults which go unreported.
The rapes don't stop there, many Iraqi children have been molested,
at times even in front of family members.
More sickening is the fact there exists videos documenting the events.
Then there's the aftermath of war, which I have previously documented.
Rampant with mental illness, which can often lead to violence, & suicide.
Many incidents have arose which included deranged acts of violence, such as
the army "kill team" leader who severed the fingers of victims in order to make a necklace
Long term, not even the soldiers death benefits are certain.
The death benefits of 6 million veterans were stolen
in a deal made by Prudential and the Department of Veterans Affairs:
Even so, those who received their benefits often weren't informed of a $250k plan,
and instead their widows received only $6k upon the death of their loved ones.
Still, you thought death was the end of the road?... Try again!
Not only has the white house banned coverage of the returning coffins,
but in the most prestigious of burial grounds: the Arlington National Cemetery,
hundreds of bodies have been misplaced.
Lastly lets take note of your number one freedom as an American,
the one thing which was intended to return power to the people: voting.
Absentee ballots are often not counted, far too often they are purposely shipped out late
so they don't make the deadline.
To boot, they are the votes most often to be manipulated to bend to the will of whomever is pulling the strings in any given political race.
The irony here is, illegal immigrants will be given citizenship in return for enlistment.
But even so, those illegals who didn't enlist still have the opportunity to vote in such states as Arizona & even responsible for electing a democrat governor in Connecticut.... imagine that?
Yet those sacrifice their lives for this country overseas typically have their vote:
-lost
-manipulated
or
-not counted due to deadlines
Long story short, support the troops, not the puppet masters.
Sorry if I offended anyone. Just thought you should know.
To discover such information and not share it with the public would be not fulfilling my duties as an American citizen or a human being.
from recruit to awol
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