Do not create more veterans

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948), "Non-Violence in Peace and War"

On another forum I received a notice to go here http://www.hireahero.org/?page=PostAThankYou and "Thank our veterans".

The best way to thank our veterans is to create fewer veterans. This would allow more resources per veteran. The more veterans, the less resources per veteran.

There are many people who want to have parades for veterans. There are web sites that want to thank our veterans.
http://www.hireahero.org/?page=PostAThankYou
http://www.bluestarmoms.org/national.html

There is nothing wrong with being compassionate and charitable. However, much of this adulation of the military is done by the war enablers.

When these war lovers call all personnel who wear a military uniform, "heroes", they are only encouraging more young men and women to join and fight in some unnecessary war. Our men and women who died in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq did not sacrifice their lives, the war enablers killed them.

In a just and necessary war you would not have to reward men and women with false praise, or the GI Bill. In a just and necessary war you would see all of them manning the ramparts.

When one ages, passion should be replaced with reason, and knowledge with wisdom. To hear some of the elder members of the tribe talk about patriotism, war, honor and sacrifice, it makes me think they have learned nothing in their long lives.

There are Vietnam veterans who are filled with anger towards liberals. These old vets think if the liberals of the Vietnam war had kept quiet and not resisted the war, the United States could have won the war. This would have created a glorious victory parade and the vets could have garnered praise thereafter with how they protected and saved the United States. As it stands now, there is no glorious victory and the United States still stands. The Vietnam war was unnecessary, and the liberals caused the illusion of a glorious victory to evaporate.

As long as there is pride and patriotism, the world will be a dangerous place.

Charles Tolleson