> Rather than being haunted by the ghosts of war, many Americans are very proud of all its soldiers killed while killing foreigners for the military industrial complex and the super-rich who own the country. > > For the U.S.A. is a warfare state; it has been waging imperialistic overseas wars for a long, long time, and using its soldiers as cannon fodder. Most families of dead soldiers find it impossible to admit that their loved ones died in vain, even if courageously. > > –Edward Curtin

Memorial Day: It’s Not About the Dead Soldiers but About Glorifying War – Edward Curtin

I want my reputation, not my belly, to precede me.