While reflecting on Memorial Day I stumbled upon this cartoon. We have a national holiday to honor those who valiantly served and died for this nation. We weep. We mourn.
However, as we add billions of dollars to the war machine each year, we consistently and severely underfund aftercare services including housing, employment, and health care.
And we have spread onto our youth what the national priorities are. And they know.. it's not them.
Banned Books, but lowered age restrictions to purchase guns. Shooting drills, but no universal health care. Prayers and thoughts, but no actual legislative reform.
During the last fiscal year, the Army missed its recruiting goal by 15,000 active-duty soldiers, or 25 percent of its target.
In recent surveys the US Army has found that dwindling recruitment is not, as the GOP likes to say, due to "wokeness", but rather that young people don't want to die or get injured.
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Beautifully stated! Thank you! ❤️
Couldn’t agree with you more. Our children face the possibility of death by military weapon in school. AR15s bring war to the classroom. Why would they willingly join the military after living in a war zone?
We have an entire nation of youth who already have PTSD, they no longer need to go to war for that.
Perhaps as we take time to reflect on those who died in service of our nation, we could also reflect on ways to honor their deaths by protecting the lives of the people within our nation.
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