Afghan War Vet: "Our Country is Really Suffering with all of these Wars!"

A Town Hall meeting was convened at the Cathedral of the Incarnation, in Baltimore, MD, on Monday evening, September 26, 2011. It featured various speakers, with the Peace & Justice activist, Max Obuszewski, serving as the Moderator. One of the speakers was Jacob George, a native of Arkansas and an ex-Afghan War Veteran. He belongs to the Veterans for Peace, a national organization. To learn more about Mr. George and his "Bikes Not Bombs"program, go to: http://www.operationawareness.org/

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[mikecorbeil]

@Realizalize

What you described of the Louvre makes it seem like a place to definitely visit ; and not because I don't believe you. It'ld only be to see these damn images for myself. I'm RCC from baptism shortly after birth, 1957, and voluntarily Christian, but never heard or read what you say at all about the Louvre, which is famous (say) in the RCC, as well as outside of it. But the RCC is ROMAN, not of Nazareth, so ...

INDIVIDUAL conscience? PRIMORDIAL!

Aquinas got one thing right, anyway.

[mikecorbeil]

@Realizalize And there were people who knew in advance, enough of what's happened with and since 9/11. I knew after war on Kosovo the US was heading for big problems; but couldn't be precise about what these would be, besides economic problems and being able to guess that Washington would again commit or lead wars of aggression. I had some awareness of what was ahead, but not details, and we don't need the details to be able to see that we're heading for big problems if we continue as we do.

[mikecorbeil]

@Realizalize Who said there was a "newsflash here"? I've seen extremely few over the past decade or more.

What feudal people? You mean, Washington, Wall Street, et cetera, elites, and sheople Americans in need of jobs enlisting for some hypothetically possible chance of economic livelihood, us being treated as serfs and worse?

If that's what you mean, then we have an agreeable start, but we otherwise have no beginning for discussion.

I don't understand what you mean to say.

[Realizalize]

@mikecorbeil What is the newsflash here? Some feudal bastrds send "their" ppl to battle "it" out. If you find time to visit the Louvre one day I hope you`ll see the big portrait section where "big" ppl have their paintings of their stations in life hanging. They are huge and each decade covers a wall; dude is first a priest, then bishop, then cardinal, then huge paintings of wars....In room after room.

Though I remember being heated myself, the rush lacked substance, good will, and execution.

[mikecorbeil]

@Realizalize wrote : "Who could`ve known all  this in advance ?"

I'm not sure of what you're pecisely meaning, for it could be this and other examples of war resistance, or the whole of the wars since 9/11. If you mean the latter, then Washington elites (some) knew in advance. But then they would've also surely realized that there'ld eventually be resistance, unless the guilty Washington elites are so dumb that they wouldn't anticipate resistance growing over time. Maybe they are that dumb.

[mikecorbeil]

I viewed this last night and found it very good, but just listened to it a second time and it definitely is very good. It's excellent.

[Realizalize]

Who could`ve known all this in advance ?