Gulf War Syndrome

[poliphilo]

Gulf War Syndrome exists but the U.S. and U.K. governments won't admit it.

A. Because they'd have to admit to fooling around with lots of bugs and chemicals and radioactive shit of the kind they say they're too civilized to fool around with.

B. Because they'd have to pay compensation.

Soldiers are there for politicians to use and throw away. There are few things more disgusting than the sight of a politician praising the nobility and self-sacrifice of our "wonderful men and women in uniform."

All politicians are as bad. The price of high office is that you sign away your humanity. It's a Faustian pact. "I get to be famous and powerful and the downside is that I will have to kill people (at a distance of course) and lie, lie, lie? O.K. I'm up for that. Better me than that other fellow!"

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Hm, I guess I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt.

Something I read the other day that I liked (this is a paraphrase): the reason the State hates terrorists so much is that terrorists infringe the State's monopoly on political violence.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I think they'd find it impossible to do the job.

These guys are gangsters. The only difference between the President of the USA and Michael Corleone is that the Prez is running a much, much bigger organization.

Incidentally, this is why we like gangster movies so much- they tell us the truth about the way the world is run.