Monday, May 14, 2012

Re: Letter to the Editor

hegelian dialect plain and simple.

On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 3:04 PM, MJ <michaelj@america.net> wrote:


Here is a letter I just wrote to the editor of my hometown newspaper.  I am really tired of all the letters worshipping our military 'heroes'.  Thanks for inspiring me.

To the Editor,

Please don't call me 'America Hater'.  It's tough for me to understand all this military worship. I retired from the military.  I flew Special Operations aircraft and logged combat time.  I flew supersonic jets in pilot training.  It was a blast.

How did I 'defend freedom'?  Our government today limits our freedom by regulating EVERY aspect of our lives.  But those same politicians order the military to go 'defend our freedom'.

Compare that to  the private sector.  Businesses ask for nothing except a chance to make your life better and they work their butt off to do it, or go out of business.  In the military the taxpayers were forced to pay for my flying.  American private businesses have shown the world why freedom is so wonderful by giving us the greatest wealth in history.  Business has done this despite being hamstrung by ridiculous regulations from our 'freedom-defending' government.  What has the military, through the government, given us?  From 1981-2001, there were 42 suicide missions against the US.  From 9/11 to 2011, there were 1,833, according to The University of Chicago's Project on Security and Terrorism.

Don't military members die for our freedom?  In 2010, there were 462 combat-related deaths.  The military had more deaths from suicide than combat in 2010.  Were all those deaths 'worth it'?  I have never felt threatened by an Afghani or Iraqi.  9/11 was run by Saudis that trained in Minnesota.

In 2010 6,210 private sector workers died to IMPROVE your freedom according to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics.  More truckers and farmers were killed doing their jobs, than military were killed doing theirs. If you look at deaths per 100,000 workers, military  doesn't even break the top 10.

Yet I am always thanked for my military service and told by the media that my corporation is greedy and evil.  Next time you feel like thanking someone, don't thank me.  Thank an entrepreneur or private sector employee.

Hal Cranmer

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