Matt Damon Is Very Outspoken

Not only should the Bush twins suit-up and go to war, all the Bush nephews and nieces should suit-up and go over to war too. Since Bush likes war so much, then send the Bush clan’s children.

dean Says:

December 17th, 2006 at 7:45 pm
Thank you Jan, How soon they forget September 11, 2001 where THREE THOUSAND lives were taken in just a matter of minutes.
I guess if Mattie boy had his way, it would happen more often.

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Iraq had nothing to with 9/11. Al Queda was the one who involved with that attack not Iraq. We should have been focusing our attention on Afghaniston instead Bush shifted all the resources to Iraq. Now the terrorists are gaining control in Afghanistan again. Get that through your head. Iraq and Saddam didn’t have anything to do with 9/11. There were no WMD’s. Infact the war in Iraq has made = countries like Syria and Iran more powerful.

It’s absolutely stupid of you to suggest that just because Matt doesn’t suppor the war or Bush means he wants people to die. That is possbily the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard and the most insane.

Matt Damon is an idiot:

Enlisting is a choice! No one is forced into the military. This is not a communist country the last time I checked.

There are other ways to get a college education witbout enlisting. Try student loans, grants. or just studying hard for a scholarship.

My husband will pay for his student loan till— FOREVER!!

Kiana Says:
December 17th, 2006 at 9:17 pm
Matt Damon is an idiot:

Enlisting is a choice! No one is forced into the military. This is not a communist country the last time I checked.

There are other ways to get a college education witbout enlisting. Try student loans, grants. or just studying hard for a scholarship.

My husband will pay for his student loan till— FOREVER!!

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You just made Matt’s point. Of course there are other ways to go to college if you are poor. You can take out a student loan and pay it off forever.

However, it seems from what people like Grandma and others have said, there is a significant proportion of young men and women who decide to enlist, not because they really want to, but because it is a way to obtain a college education and without the student loan. Chances are, these young men and women who enlist so that they can get a college education without the student loan are from the lower income classes.

You might say, they know what is coming to them, they know the risks if they enlist and the reward is a free college education.

That doesn’t negate the fact that for many young men and women enlist come from the lower income classes who see joining the army as a way out of their lower income cycle. It would be interesting to see how many foot soldiers who do the daily patrols, who take the risks that they do, are college educated.

I found it interesting during the whole “let’s attack Iraq” debate, that the very people who wanted to fight were those who have never been in active service. Not Bush, not rumsfeld, not wolferwitz, not cheney. People like colin Powell, who had been in active service and members of the military, were a lot less keen because they understand the carnage of war. But they went along because that was truly group think then.

Student loans only pay for your tution sometimes. For many, especially since there have been huge education cuts that reduced the amount of loans and grants available, the cost of college can be unbearable.

I know this personally. I’m not just speaking from coming from an upper middle class family, but from a very poor family. I worked my way through school, but it took forever for me to get out because I really just didn’t have money. For many facing the situation I did, they end of having to simply quit and never finishing for financial reasons. I didn’t go to a high priced school either. It’s hard when you dont’ have the money to support you, not just pay your tuition, while you do it. And it’s not guaranteed these days there’ll be a job waiting after you finish.

For many the military is great because it acts as that support and it pays your tuition.

Matt is a boob. His concept that we may “all get together and decide we need to go to war” is politically ignorant. He might want to check with the forefathers and see if they were thinking focus group or election. You get asked on election day to give your opinion and the winners take it from there. Vote, demonstrate, complain, or whatever you want to do, but don’t suggest we change the way we make decisions in this country to consider giving you an opportunity to give your two cents every time there is an issue to be addressed. I can see it now. You log on and your daily votes appear. Vote yes or no today on the war. Vote yes or no to spending more for cancer research. Press 1 if you are the daughter of a president, press 2 if you are the daughter of a celebrity, and press 3 if are the rest of the group. I think women should help just as much as men, but it should be appropriate. I am a 43 year-old female. I would be a burden to my comrades if I was in combat, but I could cook a gourmet meal that might brighten a soldier’s day.

We all need to share in the work of our country. If Matt Damon wants to be listened to and make decisions, he needs to run for office.

Renee Says:

December 17th, 2006 at 10:50 pm

But of course we continue to influence our politicians after an election. We write letters, we organize, we contribute to those we choose. They are sensitive to our message. If you don’t do that then your wishes are superceded by people like me who are on their doorstep. However, if a politician lies about what they know then they end up with two years left of their term at 21% in the polls.

Lylian & Grandma, doesn’t it scare you to read some of the anti Damon comments, especially those of Jan, a Harvard graduate? Those people lack the most elementary reading comprehension skill, let aone debating skills. America is not in good hands, if you judge by these people. So sad.

This issue with the war in IRAQ is a complex and complicated one. I will state right now that I never supported the war in IRAQ because I never believed we had a valid cause. That being said I will also make what appears to be a diametrically opposed statement and say that I support our men and women in the military wholeheartedly. This I think is where people become confused and conflicted. YOU CAN SUPPORT THE PEOPLE WHOSE JOB IT IS TO DEFEND THE NATION AND DEMOCRACY WITHOUT SUPPORTING HIDDEN OR INVALID AGENDAS THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS. If this Iraqi conflict had been considered a worldwide threat on the same level as World War I or II then the draft would have been instigated, no question. But, of course that is not the case. This is a deliberate conflict instigated by the President Bush for his on agenda. Because of this it is extremely difficult to gain international support for a conflict that didn’t need to happen in the first place. I don’t think no will will argue that Saddam Hossein was a nice man. But he is not the only power hunger dictator, the world is rife with them. Instigating a strategy to control terrorism or to bring Osama Bin Laden to justice would have served this administration better. That way we be in better position to help those who really need assistance, like DARFUR. I will continue to support our men and women in the military always, but, time has run out for Mr. Bush.

I absolutely think that Matt Damon is right … but wouldn’t he have to go then as well!

DO NOT bring up 9/11 as a cause for the war, because those who do not do not understand the form of “terrorism” which those implored. That is ridiculous. the fact of the matter is that terrorist actions have always been apart of hisotry as well as historical wars, however, terroirsm is wrought from a political system. IE, terrorist actions are a form of political motion in which the under represented group gain a political upper hand by their extremist actions. (Thus the policy of we will not negotiate with terroist) The attacks of 9/11 represent a new form of terrorism called silent terroism which is extremely unnerving because those who carried out 9/11 had no poltical push. NO ONE CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR 9/11

furthermore, america is fighitng an ideal not a cause. Terrorism is a word which has no logical baking, thus the quote “every terrorist is another mans freedom fighter” rings absolutelty true. Furthermore, getting back to the subject, i come from the upper class and i am enrolled in an ivy league college and, as im sure matt knows from attending harvard, if a draft is enacted in no way am i concerned that any of the people i know will be drafted, those who have the power and the money will not feel the affects of war. We will remain a part of a system that benieftis from the man power of the poor. We live in a socailly divided nation in which the rich captialize upon the poor. Thus, Matt is declaring the need for the concious outlook of those who will be made to suffer a rich man’s war if the draft is enacted!

I like Matt Damon, he’s a good actor. But if he truly believes in what he is saying, why doesn’t he carry his ass over to Iraq to fight. Why don’t these actors think about what they are saying before they say it?