Afghanistan: Gut Check On What We Are Doing To Ourselves
By Frosty Wooldridge
Over the weekend, three more American soldiers lost their lives to IED roadside bombs in Afghanistan while two lost their lives to Afghanistan troops turning the weapons that we provided them—and shot our own young men. Military people call those deaths: “insider attacks.” (Source: Associated Press report) The Afghanistans we gave billions of dollars and sent our finest men to “free” them—continue killing our military personnel at the drop of a hat.
Five young kids serving our country in that 11 year war lived in constant danger of dying every day in that backward, goat herder and Islamic-dominated crazy country. Understand this: illiteracy runs at 80+ percent in Afghanistan. That country suffers dozens of war lords competing for dominance for the last 1,400 years of Islamic mayhem. NBC’s Brian Williams reported last week that our CIA funneled suitcases full of millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to Afghanistan President Karzai to pay off tribal leaders—so they would support our troops. Otherwise, those warlords just as soon kill our boys.
What did Congress, George W. Bush and now Barack Obama get us into? What have we accomplished in Iraq and Afghanistan? Why didn’t we leave a week after bin Laden saw the raw end of an M-14 via Seal Team Six? What in the name of common sense are we doing to ourselves and our young men serving in uniform?
Answer: in the final analysis, we killed a lot of people and their kids, and they killed a lot of our kids. Result: a lot of death, but we accomplished nothing in the way of national security as proven by our Islamic bomber immigrants at the Boston Marathon two weeks ago.
All those kids died in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan for the Military Industrial Complex run by massive munitions corporations, Halliburton and anyone else who benefits from making war products.
All of it based on a lie! Saddam Hussein did not own one, single weapon of mass destruction that he could turn onto the people of the United States. Not one! George Bush lied, then lied some more, and Obama continued and continues the lie in Afghanistan. Our complicit Congress and the past two presidents should be brought up on criminal charges for killing so many people without any warrant whatsoever.
After 10 years in Iraq and 4,200 deaths along with tens of thousands of our finest kids being blown up or emotionally blown to pieces with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome—we allow the atrocities to continue. Several thousand of our kids already committed suicide from their experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan. Experts expect no less than 150,000 to 200,000 former U.S. combat troops will commit suicide in the years ahead from their horrific experiences in the Middle East. As I documented in an earlier column two years ago, 200,000 to 225,000 Vietnam combat troops who walked out of Vietnam in one piece—later killed themselves. Endless thousands more dove into drugs, alcohol, divorces and homelessness. Thousands of kids lost their fathers to war’s long term insanity and emotional destruction.
Every single one of our “kids” that died in Vietnam, Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan—died for nothing but money by mega-corporations. I am astounded how the American Military Industrial Complex can manipulate the American people like sheep to follow their propaganda for 10 friggin’ long years of lying to us. Back when I attended college during Vietnam, we marched in the streets to “Stop the war…hell no, we won’t go….” Why? We didn’t want to get killed for no reason whatsoever.
Why do those five kids’ deaths in Afghanistan this week distress me? My father served in the US Marine Corps and died while in service to our country. His death wrecked our family. From my infant brother John who never saw his father to my own emotional turmoil for years if not decades. My brother Rex suffered horrific emotional trauma and my sister Linda became a zombie for five years. My mother kept us together with her heroic strength. But none of our lives recovered and our dad’s death changed our destinies.
My pain reaches out to those five kids’ families who just received the news that their citizen-soldiers died over the weekend. They’re all crying right now. They weep in shock, pain and bewilderment. They will suffer for years and decades to come. If those troops enjoyed wives and families, their offspring will forever be changed without dad.
Ironically, our all volunteer Army ingests young men, turns them into killers and spits them out emotionally wrecked or returns them back home in caskets.
War Is a Racket
U.S. Major General Smedley Butler said, “WAR is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.
“A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small “inside” group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes. In the WWI, a mere handful garnered the profits of the conflict. At least 21,000 new millionaires and billionaires were made in the United States during the World War. How many of these war millionaires shouldered a rifle? How many of them dug a trench? How many of them knew what it meant to go hungry in a rat-infested dug-out? How many of them spent sleepless, frightened nights, ducking shells and shrapnel and machine gun bullets? How many of them parried a bayonet thrust of an enemy? How many of them were wounded or killed in battle?”
You can bet that draft dodging Dick Cheney never shouldered a rifle, but he made millions with Halliburton. George W. Bush smoked weed and snorted cocaine while in the safety of the Texas National Guard, but 58,300 less fortunate American kids got blown away. Today, Bush’s worth exceeds multiple millions while our country stands trillions in debt from the wars he and Cheney started in Iraq.
Sickening: the American people sit on their fat rear ends without so much as a whimper. Just serve up their kids and watch the death continue.
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In a five minute astoundingly simple yet brilliant video, “Immigration, Poverty, and Gum Balls”, Roy Beck, director of www.numbersusa.ORG, graphically illustrates the impact of overpopulation. Take five minutes to see for yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE&feature=player_embedded
“Immigration by the numbers—off the chart” by Roy Beck
This 10 minute demonstration shows Americans the results of unending mass immigration on the quality of life and sustainability for future generations: in a few words, “Mind boggling!” www.NumbersUSA.org
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muw22wTePqQ
This is the best website to start: www.numbersusa.org ; watch Roy Beck’s “Immigration by the Numbers” at 14 minutes. Bi-partisan and very effective. Become a faxer of pre-written letters to your reps to make positive change.
Visit www.TheSocialContract.com for the best information on what we face as a civilization as to overpopulation, energy, immigration and much more.
Canada www.immigrationwatchcanada.org ; in Australia www.population.org.au and[email protected]; in Great Britain www.populationmatters.org ; and dozens of other sites accessed at www.frostywooldridge.com. In Florida, www.flimen.org .
Must see DVD: “Blind Spot” www.snagfilms.com/films/title/blind_spot/ , This movie illustrates America’s future without oil, water and other resources to keep this civilization functioning. It’s a brilliant educational movie! www.blindspotdoc.com
Must see: Rapid Population Decline, seven minute video by Dr. Jack Alpert-
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTWduFB_RX0
Dave Gardner, President, Citizen-Powered Media ; Producing the Documentary, GROWTH BUSTERS; presents Hooked on Growth: Our Misguided Quest for Prosperity, Join the cause at www.growthbusters.org ; Trailer to his latest movie on overpopulation: http://youtu.be/KLWxWOcUrVc
Check out this link with Wooldridge on bicycle and Lester Brown and panel discussion:
www.upnorthmedia.org/watchupnorthtv.asp?SDBFid=1631
Tomorrow’s Americaproject on www.youtube.com/contemporarylearning.
Producer: GEORGE A. COLBURNwww.tomorrowsamerica.com
DC: 202-258-4887
Email: [email protected]
Link to www.tomorrowsamerica.com for more discussions on America’s predicament.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Alexandra Paul talks about human overpopulation and saving our world by all women having 1 child only:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNxctzyNxC0
One planet, one child:
http://www.worldpopulationbalance.org/content/one-planet-onechild
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We must come to terms with birth control and stabilizing human population. This three minute video brings the terror of India’s predicament up close and personal by Paul Winn of Australia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZKd_Jvf2_c
This film will rock you: MOTHER: CARING FOR 7 BILLION
Dr. Jack Alpert , www.skil.org
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Important books to read and educate yourself:
Life on the Brink: Environmentalists Confront Overpopulation, edited by Philip Cafaro and Eileen Crist, 2012
The World Without Us,Alan Weisman 2007 A scholarly research on how the Earth will fare after Homo sapiens are gone.
Man Swarm, and the Killing of Wildlife, Dave Foreman 2011 Mankind as locusts.
Take Conservation Back, Dave Foreman, 2013
The Long Emergencyby James Howard Kunstler, what America faces when oil runs out.
Overshootby William Catton
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeedby Jared Diamond
Peak Everything: Facing a century of Declinesby Richard Heinberg
Plan B, 4.0, Saving Civilizationby Lester Brown
The Population Fixby Edward C. Hartman
America on the Brink: The Next Added 100 Million Americansby Frosty Wooldridge
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Frosty Wooldridge has bicycled across six continents – from the Arctic to the South Pole – as well as eight times across the USA, coast to coast and border to border. In 2005, he bicycled from the Arctic Circle, Norway to Athens, Greece. In 2012, he bicycled coast to coast across America. He presents “The Coming Population Crisis facing America: what to do about it.” www.frostywooldridge.com. His latest book is: How to Live a Life of Adventure: The Art of Exploring the World by Frosty Wooldridge, copies at 1 888 280 7715/ Motivational program: How to Live a Life of Adventure: The Art of Exploring the World by Frosty Wooldridge, click: www.HowToLiveALifeOfAdventure.com
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58,000 were lost in the ‘Nam, what did we accomplish there?
Frosty i don’t understand, you say we are overpopulated but you are complaining that a bunch of people died in war? I thought you would be happy seeing black and brown skined people getting slaughtered in the name of good ole’ red white and blue? Many of them come to this country and join the military to gain citizenship, you then demonize them as the reason our country is going to fall apart? Yes we have a bunch here illegally as well and they shouldn’t be rewarded for something they have done illegally. Regardless of how long they have lived here or if they have been model citizens they should be punished just as much as the criminals that also come to our country. The point Frosty is that you can’t complain about over population while saying the slaughter of young men and women in wars is wrong. Think about it Frosty, how many more people would be here if it weren’t for war? War is the biggest population control out there, why would shoot yourself in the foot Frosty?
1972, we must be living on two different planets with two different thought patterns. Yes, the United States is being immigrated into an unsustainable future. I support stopping all immigration if we expect to survive as an intact civilization through the 21st century. I do not support immoral, illegal wars abroad that simply get our kids killed off for no other reason other than corporations making a lot of money. We are not defending our freedom in Iraq or Afghanistan any more than we did in Vietnam. I am pointing out the obvious in my latest column. It should be self-evident, but obviously, from your take, it is not. I must write with greater clarity. thanks for your feedback. FW
You are correct, Sir. The United States has not fought a necessary war since the close of WWII. We have squandered our youth, blood and fortune attempting to be the police force for the entire planet. I say ‘millions for defense , not one penny for tribute’ and what else would you call it when we pump TWO BILLION dollars a WEEK into a rathole like Afghanistan? We send dollars by the truckload to prop up dictators like Karzai who turn around and murder our men in arms and spit on our flag. I call this tribute. When we send billions to Israel, I call this tribute. Bring the troops home, close our bases around the world and let them beat each other back into the stoneage. If they attack us, crush them, but it is time to do some nation building right here.
Frosty,
IMHO you missed the most important question about the wars. WHY?
In Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Tunisia, Yemen and even Kenya we created Hitler Like Dictatorships, where it’s legally sanctioned by the government to kill Americans in the streets and keep their belongings, by adding Sharia Law to every one of these countries constitutions.
Clinton, Bush Jr and Obama are all working to create more Hitler Like Dictatorships around the world to steal each country’s wealth. All three promoted a Hitler Like Dictatorship in the US with their legislation, actions and executive orders.
There are many Hitler Like Dictators who can all agree on one thing. That’s that they want Hitler Like Dictatorships in every country in the world. It’s called the Nazi New World Order or Nazi Global Elite. They want a Hitler Like Dictatorship in the US to steal American’s property.
We all know China and Russia want to overthrow the US. But most Americans don’t realize that there are 57 Hitler Like Dictators in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation that have every one declared war on US Citizens by mandating that every one of their citizens must war on US Citizens.
Obama, Bush Jr, and Clinton all wanted to be the Nazi New World Dictator for the USA to steal American’s property.
All three gladly created Hitler Like Dictatorships in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya at the cost of American Lives. All three create Hitler Like Executive Orders.
Our soldiers in Afghanistan know that they must be wary of any Afghanistan Citizen, because every Afghan Citizen is mandated by the Hitler Like Dictator to kill American Soldiers.