I'm Just Saying...

Amid all the fervor and excitement of the NY Giants winning the Superbowl  and the sensational parade and fanfare planned for them, I could not help but be reminded of soldiers who returned from Iraq with not so much as a whisper of consolation.  I, for one, who have never been a sports fan, could never understand the amount of energy this country, or any country for that matter, expends on sports.  When there are issues that drag this country down or affect our pocket books we can barely muster a boo.



The American soldiers who participated in the Iraq War, an experiment in manufactured consent if ever there was one, have returned to their homes amid silence and an unassuming attitude toward the sacrifices they made.  To be sure, they were doing their job.  To be sure we did not "win" the war, it was a wash.  That being said, as American we could have given our men something to acknowledge the ferocious and strenous work they do as a matter of course.  We could have said thank you in some form to let them know that while we here in the United States, shopping, going to school, feeding our families  and going about our business, that they were in our thoughts and prayers.  We could have done something.  But we can come out by the thousands and tens of thousands because some players won a football game.  I'm just saying...