Sunday, May 25, 2014
Still surprising us
Obama is still surprising us and in a good way.
When you think of it, this is just what he ought to be doing.
It is not his war but it is his to finish. And while most/many of the troops are coming home soon, they are still serving in a god forsaken part of the world that is hostile and painfully uncomfortable to be in. And yes I know that Afghans live there all the time but it is a shithole and there is no nice way around it. It is a horrible place with marginal people and fucked up politics.
What could be more fitting for a Memorial Day weekend? A time to honor those who still serve and dedicate ourselves to the memory of those who did not make it out of there. Sent for no purpose other than the political whims of a handful of wingers.
No, I am not bitter. I am mad. Still angry that for a long period of time we wasted our capital on this kind of adventurism.
They are still there incidentally. The meddlers and the fixers who see the American way as farting around with others in the world as though they have all the answers.
I will hold my horses here. Further ranting will be to no avail. No minds will be changed.
Suffice to say that Obama cares enough to go half way 'round the world for a fitting tribute to those who got caught in the machine of war.
Labels: anti-war, obama, wingnuts
