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3.26.2003
War is a Drug?Valley veterans long for combat - Local News - californianonline.com Civilians may find it inconceivable that a soldier would willingly return to combat. But it's also an adrenaline rush that can't be matched in peacetime, said Vietnam veteran David Keith of Salinas, 59. I'm not quite sure what to think about combat being a narcotic. Is the U.S. just an addicted nation that passes on the allure of the fix to each succesive generation? Of course war has become a vital component of the American mentality. Our society relies on war to reinforce our social structure. War brings back our nationalism, religious fervor and militaristic drive. Sons want wars to bring them closer to their fathers. Even though wars today are nothing like some wars of the past there is a feeling that war is war and living through the experience brings peope together. Indeed in our society where the ideal of individual versus individual rules we must have a overiding sense of national purpose. Its just as shame its killing other people. Otherwise we could build our society and educate people, move away from our poor fundamentalist mentality. Which is in fact what other modern societies are doing. "Religious rhetoric has played an important role in sanctifying major American political actions beginning with the War of Independence," said Stephen A. Kent, a University of Alberta sociologist. -NY Times War serves a function in the peculiar mishmash of American society. It siphons off excess production that is inherent in capitalists systems while at the same time working to procure favorable resource conditions for American business. At the same time it satisfies our sense of personal responsablity for each other. Once we go and kill some people under the flag then we've "served our country". This absolves people of serving their country everyday, which might have the unfortunate side effect of undermining the wealthy class hold on all aspects of society. How is that our patriotic politicians and pundits don't see any problems letting schools rot and children go without a quality education? | |
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