“To support the troops is to accept a particular idea of the American role in the world. It also forces us to pretend that it is a country legitimately interested in equality for all its citizens. In reality, the troops are not actually recipients of any meaningful support. That honor is reserved for the government and its elite constituencies. ‘Support our troops’ entails a tacit injunction that we also support whatever politicians in any given moment deem the national interest. If we understand that ‘the national interest’ is but a metonym for the aspirations of the ruling class, then supporting the troops becomes a counterintuitive, even harmful, gesture.”

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/25/no_thanks_i_wont_support_the_troops/

Did you like this?
Tip Freedomwat.ch Staff with Bitcoin

Donate via Installed Wallet Copy