tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21083673.post7395772423015946491..comments2023-10-28T03:07:12.758-07:00Comments on Mirror On America: Blacks and WarBrian http://www.blogger.com/profile/07872444863142531165noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21083673.post-73997253496385716882007-05-23T11:21:00.000-07:002007-05-23T11:21:00.000-07:00I think the Anti-War on the other side of the raci...I think the Anti-War on the other side of the racial fence just don't get it with regards to our community, and this war. <BR/><BR/>They think that the only way to protest this war is to be out on the mall somewhere. <BR/><BR/>I think Black people don't do that, by and large, because of the vestiges of the Vietnam War. Black folk watched how those protestor treated the people that came home from Vietnam - a lot of them with our skin color - and they were pissed off. We are a conservative people by nature. Plus, we have always seen the military as a possible way for improvement, not only career wise, but personal wise. <BR/><BR/>I bet everyone of us knows someone that joined the military, because they were 'on the edge', and it could have gone 'either way' with them and a parent took them down to the recruiting station, or the judge gave them a choice between the military and jail. And, the military wound up being the thing that gave their life definition. <BR/><BR/>I have to admit - if we weren't in this god awful war, I might have suggested to my nephew that he join the military. I think that it would possibly do him some good. My niece wanted to go to dental school, and the only ones who would pay for all of it was the Army. We begged and pleaded with her not to do it, so she's put it off. <BR/><BR/>We do our protesting by convincing our sons and daughters that they shouldn't sign up to be slaughtered in this debacle. We do our protesting with that. We DO however truly respect anyone in uniform, and I think that we suspect that those on the other side of the aisle, only give lip service about respecting the troops. <BR/><BR/>Black folk were out ahead of the curve. We were the only ones asking about Osama Bin Laden, and said this was a war about oil, and called unpatriotic, as is usually the case for people who don't jump on the patriotic bandwagon. <BR/><BR/>We would have to be completely out of Iraq for me to convince anyone to join up with the Army. <BR/><BR/>Someone complained about Obama's speech about the Armed Services and him saying that we needed more troops. <BR/><BR/>We are hurting. We need more troops. The ONLY reasons that we have the troop levels we have now are:<BR/>1. The BACKDOOR DRAFT<BR/>2. The HUGE re-signing bonuses<BR/>3. Allowing rural terrorists (White Supremacists) that otherwise would have been vetted out, to join<BR/>4. Allowing urban terrorists (Gang Bangers) that otherwise would have been vetter out, to join<BR/>5. Allowing actual CRIMINALS, yes, CRIMINALS to join<BR/><BR/>And, even with all of this, our troop levels are spread thin. <BR/><BR/>Before I encourage anyone to go into the military, we'd have to get out of Iraq. And, I know I'm not alone in thinking along those terms.rikyrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982657053583534299noreply@blogger.com