Perhaps it's time that the privileged and the wealthy be required by law to serve in the military, time they understand the consequences of their actions, time they share the sacrifices they require of others, time they experience the horror of war firsthand, time for the "Fairness Draft"!

Camillo Mac Bica

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In a corporatocracy such as in which we live, there is no difference between the idle rich, those that benefit and profit from the sweat and blood of the poor and the middle class, and those in government who make decisions to wage illegal and immoral war.

— Camillo Mac Bica

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It is those few who gain by war who send the many to perish.

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Back in the day, 1979 or 80, I forget which, a VA Psychiatrist who was evaluating me for PTSD, felt the need, for some reason, to tell me he was in the military. "There but for fortune," he said, I would be sitting on the other side of this desk.

— Camillo Mac Bica

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Marching in a parade neither educates nor informs about the realities of war. Rather it celebrates and perpetuates the myth of honor and glory, and "The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori." I will march no more.

— Camillo Mac Bica

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LBJ, Nixon, Bush, Obama, Democrat, Republican . . . makes no difference to the dead and the dying.

— Camillo Mac Bica

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