Thanks to modern warfare

Thanks to modern warfare hate is rational and killing is calculated.

Thanks to modern warfare that video game I played endlessly as a kid has prepared me to pilot one of many killing machines in a multi-billion dollar weapons platform.

Thanks to modern warfare our generals remain in an air-conditioned command room in Florida directing the actions on a theater of war thousands of miles away.

Thanks to modern warfare everyone can own a pair of night-vision binoculars.

Thanks to modern warfare the military is the only self-affirming, life-long occupation someone can enjoy that remains democratically available to all. That is, if they don't ask and you don't tell.

Thanks to modern warfare I have an excuse for killing my wife, neighbors, or strangers using techniques I learned in advanced weapons training.

Thanks to modern warfare combat is no longer the number one cause of death among enlisted soldiers; it's suicide.

Thanks to modern warfare the propaganda machine uses peace time to frame all major issues as warfare so it can recycle copy and be ready for the next major conflict.

Thanks to modern warfare nearly every member of Congress has a military contractor interest in his or her district.

Thanks to modern warfare the Humvee is a status symbol.

Thanks to modern warfare being a killer is cool.

Thanks to modern warfare love is a sissy emotion marked by irrational behavior and unclear thinking.

Thanks to modern warfare being a killer is an employable occupation.

Thanks to modern warfare government contractors operate as mercenaries, do the bidding of the U.S. military, and overwhelmingly skew war casualty statistics.

Thanks to modern warfare political careers begin with military service, which serves the politician's true-blood ethos.

Thanks to modern warfare we are perfecting urban military search and suppression maneuvers to root out phantom enemies in civilian populations.

Thanks to modern warfare presidents can guarantee themselves a second term by simply reminding the population that it's at war.

Thanks to modern warfare we no longer live in a free society yet cite that very thing as the reason we go to war and spout jingoist slogans in support of war, troops, and the president while justifying the violent suppression of dissent.

Thanks to modern warfare we have something described as an "American way of life," which we will starve of funding in favor of buying more weapons to defend it.

Thanks to modern warfare anything that matters gets framed using war strategy and terminology.

Thanks to modern warfare traumatic brain injuries are on the rise.

Thanks to modern warfare large numbers of college-bound students under the GI bill will have learned how to kill before taking a course in ethics.

Thanks to modern warfare ratings are up.