We Don't Want Your War Mr. Bush!

War should be a necessary evil for the protection of a people, and a nation. We have been forced to swallow down the destruction of lives and families for the personal gain of a few. The Iraq war is a war for Halliburton and her associates. So then, why would anyone of their right mind participate in such a demise for the everyday people of the United States and Iraq and the rest of the world? Black people are not going for it. We are not an immoral people, we are not a war mongering people, and we are a sensible people that know right from wrong. This war is just wrong; therefore the military is seeing a decline in recruits for its illegal war for money and oil. In 2001 there were 51,500 new recruits for the military by 2006 only 32,000 which represents a 38 percent decline since 2001. This should be no surprise. The late Kwame Toure told us that this is not a “volunteer” army but an “unemployed” army. It may not be that Black employment has risen as its still hovering around 11 percent; we have offset this by increasing the amount of small businesses we own. The military is putting out that the that the Hispanics are making up the difference, this too is more BS. The people that are participating in this wicked mess are Europeans that identify themselves as Spaniards or Portuguese or some other European nation. It is certainly there war.

Let us be mindful of calling for the draft. The wealthy elite in the U.S. have always been able to legally or illegally dodge the draft. Draft boards are not made up of everyday people but much of the connected business men and women in a community. The wealthy have been able to influence these boards in years past when the draft was in operation and get their sons out of serving in the military or getting them assigned to some comfy duty station in St. Kitts. The draft will not work to level the military service playing field. Our people should continue this quiet protest against the war by not participating.