Anti-War Voices

    Governments hate when people disagree with their agendas. One of those being decisions to go to war. The United States government works tirelessly to promote a culture of nationalism and patriotism within its citizens, showing them that war is necessary when they say it's time to fight. If people oppose war, then it makes the United States look fake, vulnerable, and exposed, all of which hurt the wartime agenda. 

    

    The United States enters war for many reasons. Some are warranted, such as World War II, but many, such as the Iraq War was nothing but a greedy, power-hungry attempt at establishing dominance over the world after 9/11. 

    

    The United States government lies about the details of our wars. All of the stories that come from overseas are all fairytales with happy endings most of the time, where it's either "yay we got the bad guys!" or "our soldier died a brave and courageous death honoring and fighting for our country." 

    A prime example of this is the story of Pat Tillman, who was a former NFL player turned soldier after 9/11. Pat died from gunshots shot by one of his own men, but the United States government said that he died charging the enemy when he was shot by enemy soldiers, making it seem like a hero story instead of an accident. An accident like that would diminish the United States Military's reputation, but lying about the death of a soldier is a straight-up disgrace by the United States. They wanted Pat to be this All-American hero storyline and took advantage of his status as a former NFL player in order to promote war. 

    Mainstream news channels and websites are puppets of the United States government. They do exactly as the government says. Many veterans are told to keep quiet about the true events of war. Veterans have even been arrested just to make sure their stories don't get out. 

    The silencing of anti-war voices is a total violation of the U.S. Constitution. Many of these anti-war voices have great things to share with the world, but they are shut out by the government. It's totally unfair. Hopefully the future turns things around.