CRAPPY XMAS (WAR FOREVER)

CRAPPY XMAS (WAR FOREVER)

War is over, if you want it.

War is over now.

— John Lennon and Yoko Ono, “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”

A Devil’s Bargain: Ditching the Draft and Enabling Forever War

(Maj. Danny Sjursen at TruthDig.com)

"As a veteran of two failed wars, Iraq and Afghanistan, I resonate to Lennon’s Vietnam-era ballad ever more sadly with each passing year. The hard truth—one I’ve finally accepted—is that today’s wars may never end, because ultimately, the American people don’t want it. At least not badly enough. U.S. ground combat in Vietnam tragically dragged on for nearly a decade, but it did finally end. While they may not have been the chief trigger for peace, millions of citizens took to the streets in a massive popular outcry to end the war. My parents’ generation at least tried, but mine could hardly care less. This national disgrace of apathy has many causes, but one is paramount: the decision to end the draft."