US foreign wars: the banality of evil.

All in the name of spreading democracy and empowering people...

America is seen by the third world as a bully. A bully whose deeds on foreign soil are camouflaged by shrewd media control to depict them as savours of the world to their citizens back home. War, while initiated by US, was seen as a national sacrifice for humanity by its citizens.

I was too young to follow Vietnam - I read about it later - but saw US funding Iraq in the Iran Iraq war, and then strip them looking for WMD which never existed, just for the oil, while their citizens back home were convinced that Saddam was the devil incarnate.

Osama, a creation of American excesses, was terminated in Pakistan, but Pakistan was not punished for sheltering him.

They bombed the daylights out of Afganistan to take out the Taliban and handed over the nation to the Taliban finally.

But back home the soldiers are heroes. War veteran is a golden star in the family tree. And riot police suppress students in campuses in a supposed democracy.

The third world smirks. But does America care?

Never blame the actual service members.

They usually join the military with altruistic, patriotic intentions. They aren't the ones deciding upon which conflicts to engage. And they are not just physically conditioned to fight; they are mentally conditioned to do the unthinkable. They may or may not be killed or physically maimed...but they all end up suffering psychological damage. Members of the military are not the criminals...they're the victims.

The criminals are those who benefit financially from wars...the central banks that finance both sides of the conflict, the military industrial complex, and the politicians who cheer it on.

You're being treated by a whole team of psychiatrists, aren't you?

Your first statement is ridiculous! You have no idea what the families of these military members felt.

Where have you served in combat and for what country?

US military forces have engaged with foreigners long before Viet Nam! Look back in history, this has been happening since shortly after the birth of this Nation! That's why battleships like "Old Ironsides" were built! Marines were sent into Tripoli, Nicaragua, Philippines and countless others!

Usa has a “good guy vs bad guy” mentality that is used to justify foreign involvement. Manifest destiny on a global scale.