Political Cortex: Brain Food for the Body Politic

I am dismayed to see  that after nearly a month of writing about one of this nation's ugliest "classified programs" that I have not generated any tyraction with it. The DOD and CIA used chemical weapons and drugs on their enlisted soldiers from 1952 thru 1975. 7120 of them, in March 2003, we as a nation learned that 75% of them were dead or disabled, and we allowed our government to ignore these men or their widows.

There is no call for accountability, why should we care for something that happened 30 years ago, when it seems we don't even care about the NSA spying mess, do you all really beleive there are 500 phone calls or e mails every day from terorists inside America?

When W can state in the same breath that he is just protecting America, and that he has the right to order eavesdropping on conversation between us and our doctors, lawyers and religious reps, and even republicans do not get mad, and just accept it then somethinbg is drastically wrong.

I spent 14 years in a "follow the leader" society. I served in the Army for 14 years, I seldom found it necessary to question the order's I received. I was not happy about being ordered into Panmumjom with a piece of wood in my hand to retrieve a briefcase in 1975, I am sorry 500 men with work tool handles aginst a few thousand North Koreans with machine guns is not a fair fight, but the powers above us knew what they were doing, the brief case was returned and we left the DMZ, victorious. Iraq is not and will never have the same feelins that we did that day.

As a society we are supposed to question our leaders when we think what they are doing is wrong. What shape would our nation be in if the Bostonians had not grouped together for the "Tea Party" what if the niehgbors had not showed up for the Revolutin of 1776, come on folks in this case it does take a "nation" to raise it's leaders. When they are wrong spank them.

They are not above the law, by proclaiming we did it to save you, they are as accountable as we are. I realize I was just a Staff Sergeant in the Army, but then again so was Dr Kissinger, the  distinguished elder statesman, the thing is I know I am not a Dr Kissinger type, I have a consience and a soul. I don't wince when I look in the mirror.