A lot of people that serve in the military are not there to "serve". They are there to earn a dollar and maybe go to college. They bought the recruiters sales pitch or they want the adventure. They're young and have nowhere else to turn and don't fathom the idea that signing up is to signup blindly to their leaders future "cause" in an obligation to die... though not necessarily willingly. I say this because of something I heard on NPR this afternoon.
When I was a boy I read Animal Farm in school and watched the cartoon. I never thought I would need to know these things but as I've watched this administration unfold I was reminded of my early days and the story of Napolean the pig and poor old Snowball. I reread the book and its absolutely amazing how right down the line this administration is following that story. So I was wondering, what characters and events do others feel correlate to those in the book. Karl Rove as Squeeler the pig, Cheney as Napolean, Snowball as the Clinton administration... What do you think?
