Veterans Day

As much as we proclaim to be such a patriotic country one has to wonder why veterans day is not a national holiday to be celebrated like Memorial Day or the 4th of July. Why is it that the biggest way we pay tribute to the soldiers who helped the United States be the country it is today with such things as a sale on a refrigerator or some other mindless sale on a product we really do not need. These men and women have not sacrificed so much for corporations to have sales that are totally meaningless and in my opinion a shameful tribute to them.

Since the end of WWII the American people have become more disillusioned with war because the government has lied to us and the men and women of our armed force about the reason we are going to war and they still send thousands of to fight for things that quite often seem suspect at best.

Why do we not go to war in Africa where there has been genocide committed on its people by the corrupt and ruthless governments. Is it because the people are black, there is no oil or no American corporations have any real money invested in these struggling nations.

When we commit our boys and girls to war it needs to be for real threats to the nation, it needs to be for real humanitarian interests. We need to be told the truth. War is one of the most horrible things that we as a species does to our fellow man and the way it is used is completely disgusting. We send the poor, we send the uneducated, and we send the patriot. When they return the government turns it back with little to care after they come home. The government should be ashamed of itself.

We as a nation, who proclaims to be so great, should pay better tribute to its armed forces with a real holiday and not some hollow sale at your local retailer.