Enough. Enough. Enough enough FUCKING ENOUGH.

[Plucketeer]

19. I posted this to another thread.

In said thread I was trying to make the point that the folks we carelessly call "representatives" are not. In fact, they're the ones responsible for the hospital demolishing in Afghanistan. And WE all share the blame. I wrote:


"It's the fault of each and every American who has set on their hands rather than hold government accountable. WOULD any of us here (on DU at the very least) have given the nod for those gunships to devastate the place? Of course not. But that said, we're complicit just the same. Ignorance is no defense. National security is no defense. Chain of command and sense of duty are not defenses either.

WE foot the bill, and WE cast the votes and then go back to our stupid fucking fantasy football bullshit (I don't, BTW) and figure we'll just leave it up to the "Commisar-in-Chief" and all will be well! NOT! And he's just the tip of the dirty iceberg.

You can laud this president if you want - you can laud all those in DC who supposedly speak for you. I don't laud them. They don't speak for me. We've got our fingers stuck in so many holes in the Middle East that we need two more hands. And now we're going into MORE theaters of conflict. But hey - what custom touch is it that you want to your Starbucks? What was that cool new game app your so entrenched in? And when was it that you last wrote or called your reps about the American kids offering themselves as shrapnel sponges a world away? What's that? You don't know those kids personally. Wellllllllllllllllllll then - YOU get a pass.

What happened to this hospital - and many MANY more places like it - leaves us ALL with blood on our hands.
I can't go to DC - tho I'd love to. But I'm certain I've spent a hundred bucks or more this year alone - sending post cards to folks who've never met me nor care to. But they DO know (or their staff knows) of my displeasure when they stand silent about shit like this massacre - or even stand FOR such."

We elect these supposed reps and we readily pay them to go and act on our behalf. How is it we can't stop them? Of course, it's powers like Israel and the MIC that REALLY twiddle the strings. But hey! We can request an American flag if we decide to visit all the memorials to the sacrificed on the mall!