at what price freedom

morning my friends, we all can agree to the hellaciousness of war and from those early American wars the young have always borne the brunt of the rich who run the countries and have no lack of compulsion to send them off to settle their pissing contest with another country. i wonder if anyone knows how many wars were legitimate, if there is such a thing. Paul Hardcastle who i have much love for his music, in 85 released a record "19" pointing out the average age of those going off to fight some SOB's war that he had no skin in. though the draft was alive and well in '65 i joined, must admit to get away from my mother. did not know why we were at war with Vietnam, or the reason they would send a kid into such a dangerous environment, not considering the pattern of those who fought our wars were poor and minority, not the rich, till much later in life after discharge. they the recruiter's lied to us then about where our duty stations would be, those who joined with friends or brother's were promise they would serve together. we did not know that a petty officer or sergeant did not have the authority to determine your MOS. i joined at 17 inducted at 18 did first year here then off to Nam. now they lure with the promise of school advance cash training which is good, not familiar enough to make an educated opinion. boy's to men to death to PTSD to statistic. how long can a country last killing off the young and now men and women, the old bastards that sentence the young to one or the other will be all that's left. with one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel, who will be the one's to inherit the earth, the meek or the rich? God Bless our warriors then and now. click title please