I've noticed in the past few months how the mainstream media have conveniently chosen to ignore discussion or debate on this topic. I remember CNN's Anderson Cooper dedicating a special on discussing the release of Paris Hilton some time ago. 100 Iraqi civilians died in one day last month due to a miscalculated US air strike, and none of them gave a shit.

I remember how all the candidates who unequivocally opposed the war in the last elections were sidelined and at times ridiculed. They were labelled "impractical".

I remember that the guy (Ron Paul) who asked for an immediate pull out of our troops from Iraq and Afghanistan received the largest donations from the military. Maybe, our men and women in the military are also impractical.

This is dedicated to every single life that we have lost in this needless and mindless war. This is my protest to "how things are", and my contribution to change them to "how they ought to be".

We will not be swayed by the Government propaganda and be silenced at the expense of being called "unpatriotic".

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism
- Howard Zinn

Please share this with your friends and acquaintances, and help spread the message. Thanks.

For the curious and the skeptic:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6229750.stm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=operation+gladio&so=0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_Incident

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4849744.stm

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN1642896020070816?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&rpc=22&sp=true

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/503224.stm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sstDwKTCpM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLsx_veiKX0&feature=related

From C-Span June 16, 2009
Rep. Dennis Kucinich How Do We Support The Troops?