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War – A License To Kill

Another Canadian is dead in Afghanistan. Killed while on patrol.

Almost daily there are reports of some new outrage – past or present in Iraq or Afghanistan.

You won’t see very much about one aspect of these wars in the mainstream media, though…in fact you will probably see nothing at all. but that doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. Take a look.

The nature of a military occupation is such that soldiers become inured to death and their commanders become more concerned about the lives of their men and women than about the lives of those who must live under the occupation. The occupied are all suspicious, whether they are guilty or innocent.

Children become suspicious people because insurgents often use them as decoys or as illegal combatants. So killing becomes a matter of an occupying soldier staying alive for one more day. But it also becomes de-humanizing and counter-productive.

Illegal killing is excused or covered up in the name of survival and getting back in one piece.

There’s a gathering in Washington D.C. called "Winter Soldier" at which American Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan have been meeting to testify about events that they say are illegal and barbaric. Winter Soldier ends today but the link above provides the background.

U.S. Veterans Against The War are speaking out now, more and more often and they explain why.

Canada is part of this "occupation syndrome", with all of the dangers and outrages that go along with it. It will eventually catch up with us either directly or indirectly.

War crimes are being committed either deliberately or by accident in our name.

In the meantime, Canada continues to pursue its new goal of bringing "diversity and freedom of expresssion to Afghanistan".