Game of Politics

This post will offend probably most everyone. I don't care; it needs to be said.

Today you will hear politicians of all stripes thanking our troops for their service. Yet, who sent those troops to die in some foreign country? The politicians did. Did the politicians have any skin in the game? No, the sacrifice is entirely on the troops. Were we, the American people personally or existentially threatened by these foreigners who supposedly are our enemy? No, yet we say that somehow our troops died for our freedom. Yes, there are many people in the world who hate America and Americans, but the real cause of most wars is to keep the rich and powerful rich and powerful, not to protect the citizenry from a foreign enemy, not to die for our freedom.

So before you repeat the blather of troops' sacrifice and dying for our freedom, please consider the above. If you truly want to support the troops and memorialize the fallen, tell the politicians to stop their game of thrones politics with other people's lives. Support peace and love instead of war and hate. It's a very tall order, I know, but we must always strive for that goal, and it has been expressed by great thinkers throughout history. It is the compassionate thing to do.

So this memorial day, thank our troops and those fallen by setting the intention to be against the system that got them killed in the first place.