Air Force General Friend AWC And Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2018/11/my-air-force-general-friend-and-marine.html
Your Commander-in-Chief Is Lying to You: Veterans Issue Open Letter to Active Duty US Soldiers
By every moral or ethical standard it is your duty to refuse orders to "defend" the U.S. from these migrants.
To All Active Duty Soldiers:
Your Commander-in-chief is lying to you. You should refuse his orders to deploy to the southern U.S. border should you be called to do so. Despite what Trump and his administration are saying, the migrants moving North towards the U.S. are not a threat.
These small numbers of people are escaping intense violence. In fact, much of the reason these men and women—with families just like yours and ours—are fleeing their homes is because of the US meddling in their country’s elections. Look no further than Honduras, where the Obama administration supported theoverthrow of a democratically elected president who was then replaced by a repressive dictator.
"There are tens of thousands of us who will support your decision to lay your weapons down. You are better than your Commander-in-chief. Our only advice is to resist in groups. Organize with your fellow soldiers. Do not go this alone."
These extremely poor and vulnerable people are desperate for peace. Who among us would walk a thousand miles with only the clothes on our back without great cause? The odds are good that your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc. lived similar experiences to these migrants. Your family members came to the U.S. to seek a better life—some fled violence. Consider this as you are asked to confront these unarmed men, women and children from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. To do so would be the ultimate hypocrisy.
The U.S. is the richest country in the world, in part because it has exploited countries in Latin America for decades. If you treat people from these countries like criminals, as Trump hopes you will, you only contribute to the legacy of pillage and plunder beneath our southern border. We need to confront this history together, we need to confront the reality of America’s wealth and both share and give it back with these people. Above all else, we cannot turn them away at our door. They will die if we do.
By every moral or ethical standard it is your duty to refuse orders to "defend" the U.S. from these migrants. History will look kindly upon you if you do. There are tens of thousands of us who will support your decision to lay your weapons down. You are better than your Commander-in-chief. Our only advice is to resist in groups. Organize with your fellow soldiers. Do not go this alone. It is much harder to punish the many than the few.
In solidarity,
Rory Fanning
Former U.S. Army Ranger, War-Resister
Spenser Rapone
Former U.S. Army Ranger and Infantry Officer, War-Resister
Former U.S. Army Ranger, War-Resister
Spenser Rapone
Former U.S. Army Ranger and Infantry Officer, War-Resister
Why We Love Violence And Pump It Even Though It Rarely Works And Is Typically Counterproductive
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspo t.com/2017/04/why-we-love-viol ence-pump-it-even.html
"Do Wars Really Defend America's Freedom?"
(Homage To Marine Commandant, Major General Smedley Butler)
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspo t.com/2014/11/major-general-sm edley-butler-do-wars.html
(Homage To Marine Commandant, Major General Smedley Butler)
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspo
"Why We Fight," Excellent Documentary With Ike's "Military-Industrial Complex" As Springboard
Scare The Sheep
And They Will Applaud Military-Industrial Profiteering
"Why We Fight," Excellent Documentary With Ike's "Military-Industrial Complex" As Springboard
Scare The Sheep
And They Will Applaud Military-Industrial Profiteering
American "Patriotism": Why So Many Americans Are Fundamentally Violent And Paranoid
Republican Lawmaker From Nevada Sends Christmas Card Featuring Fully Armed Family
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspo t.com/2015/12/republican-lawma ker-from-nevada-sends.html
The Age-Old Normalization Of Warfare Through Stupidity, Ego And Religion
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspo t.com/2015/09/the-age-old-norm alization-of-warfare.html
The Mistaken Concept That Reducing Cultures To Rubble Results In Peace
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspo t.com/2015/12/the-mistaken-con cept-that-reducing.html
Punishment Rarely Reforms But Instead Tends To Reinforce Wrongdoing
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspo t.com/2015/12/punishment-rarel y-reforms-but-instead.html
Best Pax Posts On Punishment And Torture As "Necessary" Methods For Righting Wrongs
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspo t.com/2016/08/best-pax-posts-o n-punishment-and.html
Conservative Christians Delight In The Punishment And Pain Of Others
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspo t.com/2015/09/conservative-chr istians-delight-in_9.html
America's Passion For Punishment And Torture
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspo t.com/2016/04/americas-passion -for-punishment-torture.html
Christians And "Christians" Choose Mercy, Love And Forgiveness, Or Retribution And Punishment
Bad Things Happen: Punishment, Mercy And The Demise Of The Republican Party
Bad Things Happen: Punishment, Mercy And The Demise Of The Republican Party
"Whom The Gods Would Destroy, They First Make Mad"
"Whom The Gods Would Destroy, They First Make Mad"
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