Generation War?

I am glad I didn't face the draft during the Vietnam War. I am quite certain that I would have served my country, but it I am also certain that I would have been frightened of the prospect of killing or being killed.

My son, Elliott, is a United States Marine. He has served one tour in Iraq and is schedule to deploy to Afghanistan this year. He joined the Marines for his own reasons, but his mother and I are very proud of his willingness to serve his country. So when I read this portion of The We Declaration my head nearly exploded:

"Our Lives are Not Our Own.
We are being conscripted to fight the wars of the plunderers, serving their ambitions and settling their scores. Many leaders care more about the illusion of victory, despite the costs, than about living in peace. We are told by our leaders that the 'war on terror' will last our entire lives, and perhaps that of our children. We are asked to breed children to fight this war which we did not start and which offers no prospect of peace or compromise."

Shame on the authors for spreading such filth. We have no draft. We have a voluntary military and these men and women are defending the interests of the greatest nation on the planet. If you don't believe that's true then GET THE HELL OUT! You are free to move to France with the other wussies.

I'm trying to imagine the method our government uses to ask people to procreate in order to build this nation's military. The ridiculousness of this statement is mind boggling. It is true that we did not start the war on terror. Those who brought the terror to US soil started the fight. The fight may never end in the sense that there is little prospect of compromise. Remember that peace has many definitions. During the cold war the Russians wanted peace. Of course peace to the Russians meant world-wide communism. Not exactly the kind of peace Americans were striving for.

The journey to adulthood is the pain of coming to terms with responsibility. Our lives are our own in as much as we accept that responsibility.