Dirty Laundry

I have no problem listening and/or debating with people about delicate topics such as religion or politics. I tend to avoid using strong words, insults, or sarcasm and instead use a lot of "hmmms" and nonsense jokes to deflate tense conversation. Being a military spouse means that inevitably there are a lot of strong opinions about military procedure and politics in general that I get to endure... there are a lot of people ashamed of what they do or why they do what they do... there are people proud of what they do and/or how they do it. There are true stories that are covered up by the military, for the military, because in the end... our government is a selfish one. Just like we are a selfish people. I applaud those men and women who serve their country for patriotism... even when I don't understand it.

The first time I visited my current post, there was a shooting at the PX... That news didn't even make the local newspapers or news channel. That shocked me.

There are probably people in Iraq or Afghanistan that go missing, that are killed by training exercises or just get run over by a bus... and sometimes our government decides to say that no one is missing, no one has been taken, and there's no way that some one could be killed by our own stupidity in a foreign and dangerous country. Because we ARE the best so there is no room for mistakes..and blah blah blah. Well.. it's up to the people who hear these stories whether to believe them or not. There is injustice, there are lies and cover-ups just like there has been lies and cover-ups in every military, in every war, since the ancient wars between Sumer and Elam (2700 BC).

Why bring it up? Unless your intention is to seriously anger the American people to create a mutiny against our current government so the new government will do something radical like behead all the current enlisted soldiers as well as commanders because they were trying to mislead civilians. Smart people already know what's going on... if stupid people don't, then they should get smarter by their own accord.. We shouldn't have to wave our dirty laundry out for them to see.