The religious reverie -- repeated in sports arenas throughout the United States -- is used to justify our bloated war budget and endless wars. Schools and libraries are closing. Unemployment and underemployment are chronic. Our infrastructure is broken and decrepit. And we will have paid a crippling $4 trillion for the useless and futile wars we waged over the last 13 years in the Middle East. But the military remains as unassailable as Jesus, or, among those who have season tickets at Fenway Park, the Red Sox. The military is the repository of our honor and patriotism. No public official dares criticize the armed forces or challenge their divine right to more than half of all the nations discretionary spending. And although we may be distrustful of government, the military -- in the twisted logic of the American mind -- is somehow separate.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 22:50:33 +0000
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