Perpetual War

Reply to a comment in a facebook group that -- "almost nobody participates":


We are all conditioned by the public school system to be quiet and do as we are told. We are all such good students that even as adults we are afraid to speak up, or rock the boat. We tolerate all sorts of professional injustice and have almost no real friends. THIS is the legacy of Public School: only ten out of two thousand have any real guts to say what they think. The other one thousand nine hundred and ninety just sit there an hope to not get in trouble. Not just in this group -- this is pervasive in all of America Life. THAT is why we allowed the USA to invade Iraq and invade Afghanistan and after fifteen years WE ARE STILL THERE AND HAVE NOT ACCOMPLISHED A SINGLE THING. Too bad for America. Too bad for art and music.


 The USA involvement in WWI lasted two years. The USA involvement in WWII lasted four years. The USA involvement in Korea lasted four years. The USA involvement in Vietnam lasted for seven years. The USA involvement in Afghanistan is 15 years. The USA involvement in Iraq is 15 years and we are still there. The Spanish America war only lasted for two years. The American Civil War only lasted four years. The Revolutionary War only lasted four years. The War of 1812 only lasted two years. We have been in Iraq for fifteen years and nothing has been accomplished.


In the book "Brave New World" author Aldous Huxley discusses the concept of "Perpetual War"


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