Chuck Baldwin on Memorial Day

Chuck Baldwin has taken it upon himself to make a few comments on the coming Memorial Day. It is believed by many Constitution Party members that the addition of Darrell Castle, a veteran of the vietnam war, will lead to significant outreach amongst veterans.

As we approach Memorial Day, we can anticipate the usual speeches and photo stunts from various and sundry politicos, each of them touting their heartfelt “support” for America’s men and women in uniform. I submit that much of this political grandstanding is merely empty rhetoric.

Most of us probably recall that former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is quoted as having said that soldiers are just “dumb, stupid animals to be used” as pawns by the political and commercial elite. Obviously, even the most anti-military Democrat would never be so brazen as to say what Kissinger said. In practice, however, both Democrats and Republicans demonstrate disdain for our brave military people by the way their unconstitutional policies abuse and misuse them.

Whenever the White House sends our troops overseas to serve as United Nations “peacekeepers,” they abuse our military. Whenever our troops are put under foreign commanders, our military is abused.

I remind you that back in 2003, Bush announced to the U.N. that the reason he had invaded Iraq was for the purpose of securing “the credibility of the United Nations.” Unfortunately, various Presidential administrations–both Republican and Democrat–have also used our armed forces for the benefit of the U.N. Such conduct constitutes an abuse of our military.

When our politicians use our military to interfere in the internal affairs of other nations, our military is abused. When our armed forces are sent off to war without a Declaration of War by Congress, our military is abused. When our politicians use our military for the purposes of nation-building, empire-building, and international politics, our military is abused.

When our federal government can spend billions and even trillions of dollars for building and construction costs in Iraq, but cannot maintain safe and sanitary veteran’s hospitals, our military is abused. When our combat-wounded veterans must wait weeks, months, and sometime years to receive the medical care they need, our military is abused. When our veterans have to labor harder to obtain the medical benefits that they were promised than they did the enemy they were sent to fight, our military is abused.

Or, the video if you like that better.

It ought to be interesting to see if Chuck Baldwin’s moneybomb goes off bigger than Bob Barr’s did.