Hero ?
On 4/26/08, Joseph P. Brill of Oneonta letter to the editor was published in the Star.
He wrote: “Familiar? U.S. military invades a country on a trumped-up incident: The Gulf of Tonkin attack. This country is the repeated victim of colonial ambition and is now engaged in an internal battle to define its own future. This country posed no threat and had made no threat to the U.S.A. We unleash all-out war; 50,000 U.S. soldiers die, hundreds of thousands of indigenous people die, Americans are lied to about the war’s progress. Numerous books are written, which reveal the stupidity and deception.
“By visiting North Vietnam, Jane Fonda did not aid the enemy. By definition, the North Vietnamese were not our enemy. No threat, no weapons of mass destruction. They were defending their homeland against aggressors. What Fonda did was what we need to be doing; telling the rest of the world that the criminals in the White House are not supported by the citizenry.
“John McCain is not a war hero. A war hero is someone who participates in a war fought to protect one’s country or to protect innocent people from tyranny. The North Vietnamese people were waging a war against puppet governments supported by Western European colonial powers. (Know history or keep your opinions to yourself.)
“McCain flies a combat jet, drops bombs and napalm, killing people who are not our enemies. In self-defense, he is shot down, imprisoned by those he was trying to kill. Did he expect to be given chocolates and a terry robe?
“McCain survives his well-deserved punishment and, due to the benevolence of his captors, returns home. This is not a war hero, just one heck of a lucky guy.
“If you’re looking for villains, direct your sights on the regime in D.C. If you’re looking for heroes, find the people who are busy defending our country against our government.”
****In my opinion Joseph P. Brill’s letter had a major flaw, which was (Know history or keep your opinions to yourself.) We should be encouraging people to share their opinions and not keep them to themselves.
Official history doesn’t correspond to Brill’s opinions, because “Official history consists in believing murderers at their word” - Simone Weil
He wrote: “Familiar? U.S. military invades a country on a trumped-up incident: The Gulf of Tonkin attack. This country is the repeated victim of colonial ambition and is now engaged in an internal battle to define its own future. This country posed no threat and had made no threat to the U.S.A. We unleash all-out war; 50,000 U.S. soldiers die, hundreds of thousands of indigenous people die, Americans are lied to about the war’s progress. Numerous books are written, which reveal the stupidity and deception.
“By visiting North Vietnam, Jane Fonda did not aid the enemy. By definition, the North Vietnamese were not our enemy. No threat, no weapons of mass destruction. They were defending their homeland against aggressors. What Fonda did was what we need to be doing; telling the rest of the world that the criminals in the White House are not supported by the citizenry.
“John McCain is not a war hero. A war hero is someone who participates in a war fought to protect one’s country or to protect innocent people from tyranny. The North Vietnamese people were waging a war against puppet governments supported by Western European colonial powers. (Know history or keep your opinions to yourself.)
“McCain flies a combat jet, drops bombs and napalm, killing people who are not our enemies. In self-defense, he is shot down, imprisoned by those he was trying to kill. Did he expect to be given chocolates and a terry robe?
“McCain survives his well-deserved punishment and, due to the benevolence of his captors, returns home. This is not a war hero, just one heck of a lucky guy.
“If you’re looking for villains, direct your sights on the regime in D.C. If you’re looking for heroes, find the people who are busy defending our country against our government.”
****In my opinion Joseph P. Brill’s letter had a major flaw, which was (Know history or keep your opinions to yourself.) We should be encouraging people to share their opinions and not keep them to themselves.
Official history doesn’t correspond to Brill’s opinions, because “Official history consists in believing murderers at their word” - Simone Weil
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