Political Games - Where the fuck’s the reset button?

In a review of a book by Joshua Key, “The Deserter’s Tale” [yes, he deserted after his first tour of duty for moral reasons], one particular quote that was shared rocked me. This is the new commander of the company, after a Sergeant objects to a mission:

“You know what, Sergeant?” he said. “Your dangers don’t matter to me. If one hundred of you walk out that door, as long as seventy-five percent of you walk back inside I’m a happy man because it’s an acceptable fatality rate.“

An acceptable fatality rate? Fuck you! Fuck those scum sucker “superiors” who don’t give a shit about the lives or safety of their men and women! Fuck the War Pig Generals who are destroying our planet! And most of all, FUCK the Bush Administration, FUCK the bastards that wanted this war, FUCK the Republicans who voted for it and have supported it over the past 4 and a half years, and FUCK the Democrats who let them get away with it! They should have filibustered the damn legislation back in 2002! To hell with the election consequences [they got reamed as “weak on terrorism” anyway and lost badly], the moral and human consequences were too high.

I’m disgusted. I’m gonna go finish crying now.

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