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The Best Way to Appreciate Our Veterans.
What we can do to show our appreciation for the sacrifice our young men and women have made.
Across the nation as a whole, Veterans Day is widely treated as and considered a day of reflection, and of course appreciation for the service of the men and women who have made the decision to put their bodies on the line in service to their country. While the broader conversation surrounding U.S. foreign policy is absolutely necessary and important, there are aspects of it that sometimes get overlooked.
In a nation that puts such a profound emphasis on its military might, all too often many of us forget to consider what it is that the United States empire does to and asks of these young men and women.
In relation to Saudi Arabia for example, the United States has sent thousands of troops there to defend another country’s oil fields, with the sole intention of protecting the interest of United States oil companies. Unfortunately, another way of looking at it would be we’re using America’s often working class and poor young people as pawns on a geopolitical chessboard, asking them to put their bodies on the line to defend the interests of those who likely would never be brave enough to defend it themselves.
