I Care More about U.S. Troops than the Government Does

I, the author of War, Empire, and the Military, care more about U.S. troops than the government does. I don’t want them to fight any senseless foreign wars. I don’t want them to shed one drop of blood. I don’t want them to invade and occupy foreign countries. I don’t want them stationed on foreign military bases. I want them home with their families. I want them to do nothing more than actually defend the United States. And what is the attitude of the U.S. government toward “the troops”? Not only are they pawns and cannon fodder, but now comes word that the government withheld treatment from its soldiers in Iraq that were exposed to chemical weapons. The troops and their supporters ought to thank me for my service.

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