Seldom
do the American people hear more than two sides of a debate.
The two debates are molded and shaped by the Republican or
the Democratic Parties. The two parties dictate both opposition
and support of issues concerning the economy, the draft, and
wars of aggression. Seldom, if ever, is the radical left position
ever heard, or expressed.
It is against this reality that I want to offer an alternative
perspective concerning the so-called war on terrorism. The
word terrorism is only a modern euphemism for "the enemy."
If we are to have a clear perspective on the war and the draft,
we must have an overall view of society in general. In all
modern societies, there has been two major classes, two opposing
forces. Two groups who's very existence is based on class
and social conflict. The forces conflict within the political
as well as the economic arena. Under the system of capitalism,
the two great forces are the ruling class and the working
class. Because of these two, often hostile camps, we have
workers organized into trade Unions and Corporations organized
into Chambers of Commerce. Because we have these two great
divisions within society, we also have a powerful force called
the State, or government. In America, the government is controlled
by the rich corporations, the ruling class.
 The
Demogratic Party and the Republican Party are both controlled
by the Capitalism, profits and markets are the motivation,
the driving force. For capitalism to survive, it must continue
to produce, continue to expand, continue to invent, continue
to make profits. The main driving force of capitalism is its
external force called imperialism. Imperialism is the reason
we have gone around the world spreading Democracy. Democracy
to the Capitalist only means they have the right to sell their
goods, services and wares in foreign nations. Imperialist
wars are fought for two reasons, to expand the market economy
worldwide, and two, to control the natural resources of developing
nations While these wars of aggression are controlled and
dictated by the U.S. Corporations and the U.S. Government,
the men and women who fight and die in these wars are working
class people. In factg, they are the same working class people
who after the wars are over, come home to find unemployment,
homelessness, and chemical dependency. In other words, their
lives are wrecked forever. If, they in fact, come home alive.
During peace time, many working class youth enlist into the
military. I don't see it as really being a voluntary enlistment.
Many of these enlistees join the military because they cannot
find decent employment or careers in society. Others enlist
as a means to go to college because they, or their parentsw,
don't have the financial resources. l don't think that many
of tghese young people join the military stating, "I
want to go overseas to kill other human beings, or I just
want to sign up to give my life for my country."
If working class youth had a clear choice of going to college,
or working in coporate America, then the ranks of the military
would be nearly empty.
So, the ruling class has decided to reinstate the draft, because
they understand that the working class youth will not be enlisting
into a military were it is a 50/50 chance that they will be
killed, or will have to kill.
In fact, when the U.S. Government had the draft in Vietnam,
it was a system that just didn't work. Many of the anti-war
activist were staging demonstrations to burn draft cards,
many left the country and went to Canada or Cuba. In fact,
even on the battlefield, a few of the draftees were shooting
their commanders in the back, because they would not fight
an unjust war. All we need to do is look at ithe high rate
of Vietnam vets in the mental wards and the homeless facilities
to understand that war has no useful purpose.
Besides, the rich and powerful, even when they do go into
the military, their status never change, they were the ruling
class withini society, and they are the rulers in combat,
in the mmilitary.
The fact of the matter is that the U.S. economy is on the
decline, and the U.S. Government has decided to expand it
commodity market, TV's, Cars, Big Macs, DVD's, to the rest
of the world by creating another Imperialist war. In terms
of the middle east, thew U.S. Government, both Democrats and
Republicans are ready and willing to send our working class
youth to war to spill their blood to conquer a few foreign
oil fields to make the capitalist oil barons more profits.
We must, again, pick up the slogan of the anti-war movement,
"Hell no, we won't go." |
