tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19150297.post369135842383713604..comments2023-07-04T10:30:14.276-04:00Comments on Intrepid Liberal Journal: The Sutras of Abu Ghraib: An Interview With Conscientious Objector Aidan DelgadoRobert Ellmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03526287813354418269noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19150297.post-59613054138060022942007-11-30T19:53:00.000-05:002007-11-30T19:53:00.000-05:00Racism is a foundation plank of modern-day "conser...Racism is a foundation plank of modern-day "conservatism."<BR/><BR/>The 2004 campaign against gay Americans wasn't just about them. In fact, it was barely about them at all. What is was was the opening of a door, to a time when the "values" crowd can feel good about being openly bigoted again. And as we've seen since 2004, they are feeling better about their bigotry all the time.Jolly Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15386411633471396349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19150297.post-60845848111385262032007-11-21T15:37:00.000-05:002007-11-21T15:37:00.000-05:00I was a conscientious Objector in Vietnam in 1967-...I was a conscientious Objector in Vietnam in 1967-1968. I do not want to quible over or question Aidan's decision(s). <BR/><BR/>I do want to make several statements. <BR/><BR/>My CO status was never to send a message. It was a choice I made that was between me and my God. I have been against this war since before it began. I do want to send a message about the immorality of this "War" (there is no legal war)<BR/>and all elective war. <BR/><BR/>I could not justify to myself that because I did not believe in taking anothers life, that I should be exempt from giving my life for my country when other would be dying in my place. So I went into the military, was a medic, and went to Vietnam. <BR/><BR/>The Anti-War movement has been pathetic in this conflict. "Progressives" have until just the last 6-9 months been handringers and apologists for the war. They seem filled with the delusions the United States has some mesianic role to play in saving the rest of the world from their ignorance. We could not just leave Iraq, we had to fix thinga. In 2005 Kos was still trying to sat we needed to avert the civil war that was alreasy inprogress. 2006 "progressives" were still looking for a way to solve Iraq's "problems" when they were not ours to fix. <BR/><BR/>Now progressives seem to have found their old time religion and are almost, I repeat, almost for getting out of Iraq now. Only two Democrat Candidates for President will make the definitive get out now statement. <BR/><BR/>Where were "progressives" when we could have saved almost 2000 lives in just our military. All fine and good to be championing the cause now, but it is a bit hypocritical to leave those of us who have been here all along in the dust so progressives can show how moral they are that they are finally where they should have been at least in 2005. (Again I was writing agianst this conflict since August of 2002, yes before the war. I wonder if anyone even knows the significance of August 2002). <BR/><BR/>I can never vote for Hillary for the basic reason that she claims she did not know. When you vote for funds to commit people to armed combat, there is no excuse for not knowing what you are doing. I was not a senator, or in the government, and I know then what she knows or claims to know now. She should be rewuired to explain how a civilian could be aware that there was a very good probability that there was no WMD in Iraq and she didn't. <BR/><BR/>Now just an insignificant old man, I still fight to make people aware that there are never winners in war. The only good war is the one we do not fight.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633745044177223074noreply@blogger.com