Friday, February 03, 2006

Invisible hand


Kind of breaks your heart, doesn'’t it? Could be your brother or son or father. No matter what you think about the legality, morality, necessity or worth of George Bush'’s war, real people are losing life and limb because of it. This is not the Super Bowl, it'’s not a game and every day, some of them get killed. No matter what they think of this endeavor, they don't get to say no, they don't get to hide or take time off to work for some politician and they don'’t get enough of what they need from the government that has plenty to give Halliburton and Exxon and the Drug industry. They are not responsible for the lies of Wolfowitz, Cheney, Rumsfeld or Bush.

True, some of these guys hate my guts and love George. Some love war;– any war. All are real people; most have real families and all are at risk. I've seen Americans act like heroes to save people from fires and mine collapses; people risk their lives pulling children from wells. That helicopter pilot pulling you from a roof isn't going to ask you about your politics first and you're not going to inquire about his.

It'’s not hard or expensive to do as much for a wounded soldier as most would do for a stray cat. You can make a small donation, send morale and comfort items to a hospital; you can send a letter. Wounded Warriors makes it easy. Isn'’t it as much your duty as opposing a corrupt government?




2 comments:

Crankyboy said...

The money I was going to use to buy you a birthday present just got donated.

Capt. Fogg said...

Wow - a whole dollar!