Do you think of their Mothers when you start your car?
Do you consider their wives while you run your gas powered lawn mower?
Maybe it is when you get on your four wheeler, that you say thank you.
Or your Jet Ski, Boat, etc etc etc
Do you thank the troops then?
We have not fought a war since WW2 that was not for oil or a pipeline, So Do you think of the Mother of the last Marine that died?
They made it seem like the War in Europe and North Africa was for altruistic reasons, It was for OIL.. Hitler controlled it and we needed it. (This by the way does not make anything Hitler did right, or justified)
japan attacked us at Pearl Harbor for ---------- OIL They occupied part of China for the oil fields, we booted them out.
I do, it horrifies me that we paint this picture of patriotism, loyalty to God and country. All to send young boys to their death for some multinational energy company making billions off their deaths.
And It sickens me.
I traded in my Escalade for a 1999 Chevy Cavalier that gets 39 miles to the gallon. And soon i will be rid of it, and have only an electric scooter, because I will no longer need a gas powered vehicle.
There is public transportation at the end of my new street, and I will use it. We have put four solar panels on the new home to reduce dependence on oil, installed an insta-hot hot water heater, and a pellet stove that burns biodegradable material.
ANYthing to reduce my carbon footprint.
THAT is how I say thank you, bring your children home, we do not need to fight for oil.