!it occurred to me on my way to DC yesterday how at every major intersection there is a homeless man with a cardboard placard depicting him as a Vietnam Veteran in need of help!
Of course, all of us driving by these faceless broken people pass them without a glance, or perhaps we steal an uncomfortable sideway glance at our own reflection standing on the corner begging!
The question that really begs: what gives folks? What nation sends its children to war under its banner, and then abandons these very “heroes” to street corners to pander? What grotesque hypocrisy to even tolerate this concept as acceptable! Why are we silent in the face of our own injustice?
And amid this silence, what same lunacy compels us to send our children to yet another war? In the end will we give gratitude to these fresh victims of our apathetic complacency? Don’t cha wanna squirm in your own skin?
Want more dark humor? Read: Legende Vom Toten Soldaten, just for kicks — pardon the pun!
Folks, I was in Arizona and met a wonderful Navajo woman: she told me about bringing her son from Iraq with amputated legs, admitting him to Walter Reed. One day she found rats crawling on him. With tears welling in her eyes she asked “is this the gratitude for him having served?” I told her I was stationed at Walter Reed years back. The rest of the drive neither one of us spoke a word!
Don’t get me wrong!this is a great nation worth its growing pains, and there are times we do need to go to war!, but as we sit back to sip on that latte, remember, it comes at a price. So cut the bullshit and cheap words and enact policy that stands the test of honor. A nation is more than its government and is primarily comprised of its people!why the fKuc are we silent against our own hypocrisy?
-I.A.T.
