Reply #25: One reason for the secrecy, [View All]

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

in my humble opinion, is because not only would it shock and enrage the average American it might awake us all to the inhumanity, futility and idiocy of war. Then what would happen?
Face it, none of this shit will EVER stop until people everywhere understand what is happening. Why do we go to war? In nearly every case, the reasons are never really crystal clear, the rationale almost always vague.
Some will say, "people have fought wars going all the way back to the dawn of history." Probably so. That still doesn't mean we should accept it. We have always had wars because there are those who always profit from war.
I think the whole 9/11 thing, most all terrorism and full blown war is related to money. Big business exploits the resources of other countries to bring us the "American way of life." When the people who live in those countries decide they want a better deal, we call in the Marines and F16's.
War is a business. The dead, maimed and wounded are the cost of doing that business. It is up to us to be vocal and voice the thoughts that war is wrong on all levels. The shame of it is, most Americans cannot even fathom the amount of death and destruction in Iraq. We only see, well not really see thanks to the Pentagon, how it affects us......