When I hear people (mostly politicians, though i've seen it quite a few times on here too, anyway...) say that the troops are fighting for my freedom, I have to wonder...
I mean I support them and admire the fact that they WOULD fight for my freedom, but really, which of my freedoms exactly are they fighting for today? As far as I can figure, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights guaranteeing my freedoms were never at risk until this administration came along. So besides my own government trying to keep sh*t secret from its people; invading the privacy and illegally spying on its own people; denying habeas corpus rights to prisoners; and defaming, arresting / and otherwise attempting to silence those who would disagree, how exactly are our freedoms at risk? Seriously the last war actually fought for the freedom of the American people was the civil war.
So tell me again, what are the troops fighting for?
2007-11-09
05:05:12
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