Lie #1
The Troops are keeping us safe.
The Troops were nowhere to be found on 911. We haven’t won a war since.
The Department of Defense track record goes back to 1949. How many US wars have been won since then?
Welcome Home Troops
Thanks for your many years of service in Iraq & Afghanistan- working to keep bad people from coming here to do bad things.
Seattle media:
Heroin bringing violent Mexican drug cartels to Western Washington
San Diego media:
Local meth-related deaths on the rise
“…most of the methamphetamine in San Diego County comes from Mexico, where the highly addictive and deadly substance is manufactured before being smuggled across the international border by Mexican drug cartels…”
Fight against meth has changed with the times
“With the shutdown of domestic production, Mexican cartels have been flooding the U.S. with cheap, pure methamphetamine, say two founding members of the task force.”
Minnesota media:
A new meth surge gathers momentum
“From Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma to Montana, Wisconsin and Minnesota and all across the South, inexpensive methamphetamine is flowing in from Mexico, fueling what police and epidemiologists say is an alarming increase in the number of people using the drug, and dying from it.”
Still trying to figure out how sending US troops to Iraq & Afghanistan was meant to keep bad people from coming here to do bad things.
DEA:
“James said western Washington might as well be the backyard for three Mexican drug cartels.”
Life wasn’t meant to change after the Saddam Hussein/Osama bin Laden takedowns.
NYPD Deploys Counterterrorism Teams in Response to London Attacks
US troops in distant lands keeping us safe update:
Coastal Carolina to Implement Clear Plastic Bag Policy at Ticketed Sporting Events
Lie #2
The Troops are defending American rights and freedoms.
As if the US Armed Forces function as some sort of giant civil rights organization.
In some cases, the US Armed Forces provide for our physical security. That’s as good as it gets.
In terms of American rights and freedoms- The Dept. of Defense has no more say than the Dept. of Agriculture.
Many veterans claim to have served to protect American rights & freedoms.
How does this work?
Black people were still riding at the back of the bus after the big WWII victory.
Women were not allowed full voting rights at the end of WWI.
Were US troops sent to Vietnam so that Americans could be free to send letters to the editor?
Is there any case in which the US Armed Forces have been sent to distant lands on a mission to protect freedom of speech?
Is protecting freedom of speech even part of training scenarios?
Lie #3
No Credible Threat
Homeland Security: No Credible Threat at U.S. Venues
If the good guys can tell what the bad guys will do before they do it- surely, these powerful crime fighting tools will be used to shut down gang and cartel activity, heroin trafficking, bank robberies, mall shootings, child abduction, etc.
More here:
End the Military-Civilian Divide?
Find us on facebook:
Veterans Against the Glorification of Military Service
High levels of reverence for the flag?
Meanwhile, Heroin-Trafficking Cartels Move Product into Washington State
Newspeople will not question the US Border Patrol at Port Angeles?
Our free and independent press has stopped asking questions.
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