There is demand for more boots on the ground. Terror has found its footing once again in America. Fear knows very few boundaries and is very good in creating a kind of havoc inspiring hallucinations, heartache, and horrendous moments of kill or be killed. And so as is a natural defense, we beg to become on the offense. Facts become mingled with fiction, fiction triumphs as purpose, and purpose pleasures itself with frivolous and fearful statements promising to be fact. Now we as a collective nation begin to believe once again that the enemy can be controlled with more boots on the ground.
But lets ask one major question and that is WHOSE BOOTS will be hitting that ground? Will it be the gunslayers who proudly parade between the aisles in Walmart and Target stores, pretending that somehow they are a brave militia intimidating shoppers looking for a bargain? Will they be those White Supremacists who think they are some kind of Patriot as they open carry their assault weapons marching in Black neighborhoods or standing guard whenever the ‘Black Lives Matter’ members protest? Might they be the Christian Crusaders at the ready to carry a Glock intimidating the people who seek medical assistance at the Planned Parenthood clinics, the brave souls who are armed and ready to shoot the women so they can save the fetus? Perhaps the Minute Men, the guys pretending that the Constitution of the USA matters little when it disturbs their version of lawlessness? Or maybe the 20 somethings who think that by playing Mortal Combat, Call of Duty, Warfare 2, God of War they are combat ready?
It is so easy to insist we put more boots on the ground when in fact we usually know it is not our boots facing an imminent choice of life or death. If Americans feel this is the answer to the madness of terrorism then maybe we might have to consider the following. We want another war to end all wars then the Congress should reenact the Draft. If we truly believe boots on the ground is the answer for our fears then lets have ALL eligible Americans take on that responsibility. We should not permitted people in the past like Donald Trump, Dick Cheney, George W Bush to pay for their deferments. Lets have the men in women in Congress’s children be role models and be the first to be drafted. Lets see how many of the 1% of the wealthiest families stand proud and sign up for battle first. Terrorism knows no boundaries, so why should we as Americans fighting for freedom and democracy permit our own boundaries of who should or should not enlist. If war is inevitable then it SHOULD be fought by all of us.
