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(CNN) - Former wrestler and Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura has some harsh words for the armed forces this Veterans Day: If given the option today, he'd opt out of military service.
"I hate to say it, but no, I would be a conscientious objector today," the Navy special forces veteran said in a video posted Tuesday. "I don't believe that the military fights for our freedom."
"They give them all the ra ra at the stadiums, and they cheer 'em on," said Ventura, who served as a Reform Party governor of the North Star state from 1999 to 2003. "But when the veterans come home, we pretty much forget about them. They're old news. They're yesterday's garbage. And it's time to move on to the next war."
Related: Jesse Ventura wins $1.8 million lawsuit
Now the lawsuit I don't understand at all.... Perhaps he was upset that someone wrote a book that made more Money than his, I don't know..Maybe some damaging things were written. Your feedback
Jessie Ventura: "Military Doesn't Fight for our Freedom"
originally posted by: Spruce
They don't fight for our freedom anymore. They fight for everyone BUT us. Afghanistan and Iraq were about freedom for those countries, not us. None of the wars we've fought in recent decades were about us.
originally posted by: Benevolent Heretic
Our military members are pawns and they do the bidding of the government, which is owned by corporations.
originally posted by: Jainine
originally posted by: Benevolent Heretic
Our military members are pawns and they do the bidding of the government, which is owned by corporations.
Excellent point. Be it Bush or Romney or Obama or Hillary, they are owned and run by corporations. It's all the same. So why people fight over Obama vs Bush is silly. Both are owned by the interests of corporations. And interestingly enough, there is very little difference in their actions with our military (and virtually no difference with other things dealing with corporations like the 'stimulus packages'.)
originally posted by: amicktd
The problem is politicians and corporations. Not the military personnel. Guess who puts the politicians in power, which in turn gets bought out by the corporations? So really, the root cause of the problem is the American people.
Thank you for not turning this thread into another bash the military personnel OP.
originally posted by: scattergun
If this is reality, which I believe it is... It is too late to stop it without destroying our country. For several administrations we have forced our political will by use of the Military. I see the Corporations having the only logical interest in their use of OUR military to carry out a profit agenda... Now how do we stop it?