Andrew Warner

it makes me so sick to see this. when and how does protest and mourning turn to revolution and real change? why do questions continue to be asked and how do we continue to accept old, used-up talking points as an answer for something so raw and heartbreaking? what does it look like to not accept these trite lies which are not truly answers? how do we stand in solidarity with these soldiers and stand against the powers that sent them there? where can we find justice here?

Kelly...

I really have to wonder about the perspective of someone who wishes to 'stand in solidarity' against 'the powers' in the soldiers' chain of command while blithely ignoring the culpability of those who actually PERFOREMD these barbaric acts to them. If we wish to tear down any 'power' that sends volunteer soldiers into harm's way, which is, in fact, what they are paid to do... to go in harm's way at the direction of their superior officers, armed and trained to make war upon the enemy. The armed forces of the United States, or indeed, any nation, are not solely jobs training programs, or a sort of 'alternative college with guns'. They are armed forces. It says so right on the label. Saying you are 'standing in solidarity' with these soldiers against their commanding officers, their mission, and their purpose is doing them a grave injustice and disrepects them terribly. But even worse is the presumption that you speak for them when you speak against 'those that sent them there'. They are dead men, who died in the line of duty. They deserve better than to be ground into political capital by the likes of you.

John