Originally posted by Amagnon
I guess they are so young, and so filled with US war movies and propaganda they have no idea of reality at all.
This is because Hollywood has glorified war and martyrs and heroes. And, since soldiers must supress any sign of PTSD (or face extreme consequences)
the truth is not often told.
Originally posted by Amagnon
How can they not understand what they are going to participate in, and the personal impact it is going to have?
When signing up during peacetime, it may be in the back of their mind that war is a very remote possibility.
Just like any sales maneuver, the positive is emphasized. Recruiters promote the personal benefits and 'all you get'. You have job security...a
place to work everyday, a weekly paycheck, housing, discount goods at the BX, world travel, college education, etc.
Soldier wanna-be's are mesmerized by something in the dangling carrot that appeals to a need they have.
Originally posted by Amagnon
The media lies and propaganda I guess is the answer - and this idea that the US military is such a wonderful thing - its all BS and lies, and these
young men just swallow it up.
Sure media lies and corporations trick you.
We are finding out now that in many things we have signed onto there has been a lack of full disclosure. Maybe we never even knew there was a contract
behind it. Drivers license, birth certificate, car titles....
As with most all contracts what YOU think it means may be very different from the way the GENIE interprets it....you know how they always make a nasty
trick of things at the end!
But there comes a time when you must realize your own personal responsibility in all of this and quit playing the blame game.
It is said "Everyone has their price."
For this guy, his price was the promise of a college education. For that, he would kill.
(But due to cognative dissonance he did not put that association together in his mind. )
In the videos he is still a bit peeved that he didn't get his expected reward after all he did for it.
I know those last words are harsh; but I say them because I hope the impact will cause others to see their own responsibility in accepting "carrot
on a stick" deals.
It is usually our own greed, selfishness, or desires that causes us to look beyond the unpleasantness we must do in order to obtain the reward.
It will be used on the masses very soon, too, as the NWO will promise great things of restoring earth to Paradise conditions. The catch is that 80% of
the population must be anhiliated in order for the chosen few to have this. And many people will go along with killing off those they deem to be
"less worthy".
Beware carrots. They are only promises and visions. Keep you eye on the carrot and do not look what you must trample under your feet to get it.
Chances are, that if you do finally catch up with that carrot, you will find that what appealed to the eye is bitter on the tongue.
