Few people care about the “Iraq War” any more, even though we still have thousands of soldiers there, but maybe we should care more what our soldiers are doing there. The U.S. culture of war that celebrates explosions celebrates the blowing up of an oil tanker by apparently bored U.S. soldiers.
Not only is this a big waste of fuel, (all of which has to be flown in to Iraq) but it shows such disregard for the environment of another country and their resources. Is this typical of U.S. military behavior when they are in a foreign country? It’s hard to imagine that it’s atypical since videos like this are routinely cheered about on websites like Military.com, where this video came from. The video was advertised in one of their daily emails as: “Massive Fuel Tanker Explosion in Iraq — Watch as a couple of Soldiers test out their rifles on a fuel tanker”. Ooooh, awesome! It was interesting yesterday during some of the commentary on the “gays in the military” debate that one reason given for backing gays in the military is the “professionalism” of our soldiers.
This has been repeated a lot lately, by people who apparently do not see the videos on Military.com. This doesn’t look like professional behavior to me. It looks like bored boys with big guns doing stupid things. Is this how people in Iraq and Afghanistan see our soldiers?
At least there is some positive action you can take to help stop a tiny bit our war machinery.
“The President has just released his budget for next year, and it’s a doozy – 3.8 trillion dollars in all.
Last year, TrueMajority members like me helped to save billions by ending 1 wasteful Pentagon project: the F-22 fighter jet.
This year we have a chance to save $2.5 billion MORE by ending the C-17, another plane we don’t need. But only if more of us get involved.
Can you help me tell Congress to stop building the C-17 and other pentagon toys we don’t need so we can invest in education, jobs and the things we want?
This website makes it really easy
http://act.truemajorityaction.org/p/7002/bluepetition?petition_KEY=151
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