Volume 4: White Devil Chapter 244 It is the truth, but also a lie
Martin raised his eyes and glanced at Tommy: "Isn't it?"
"When I spent a lot of time helping Jeff develop his campaign strategy, I discovered a cruel truth. During the Vietnam War, the U.S. Department of Defense launched a 100,000 Patriots program due to a shortage of soldiers. In order to meet the needs of the Cold War and the Vietnam War after the Korean War, they lowered the recruitment standards from the previous requirement that applicants have a minimum IQ of 95 in the test to only 80."
"Coupled with the politicians' passionate propaganda, 100,000 mentally retarded young men of the right age joined the army out of patriotism. Jeff's father, Harley Lavin, was one of them. He signed up for the army for the first time when he was young, but because the IQ test showed that he only had an IQ of 92, he was unfortunately rejected. He thought he would never have the opportunity to join the army again, but the Vietnam War broke out. He was already 27 years old, married and had children, but the Department of Defense's conscription order was sent to him again, indicating that he met the conscription requirements and that the United States needed him to stand up now."
"That young man, who was as honest and cheerful as Jeff and loved by the neighbors, said goodbye to his wife and son and went to the battlefield in the name of patriotism. Then, he died in Vietnam without any surprise. He thought that he and his 100,000 patriotic soldier brothers would be called heroes after they died in the battle. Do you know what fucking title they were called? The Idiot Army."
"These soldiers are distinguished from other soldiers. Within the Ministry of Defense, these low-intelligence soldiers have a different set of welfare benefits. The pensions they receive after death are much less than those of other soldiers. The total pension of the living members of the Idiot Corps is at least 5,000 yuan lower than that of professional soldiers. Why are they treated differently? Because these idiots in the eyes of politicians simply cannot understand what a different set of standards means."
"Then why recruit this idiot army to Vietnam instead of recruiting the U.S. Reserves? Because that is a shelter for the children of politicians and rich people. Serving in the reserves does not require going to the front battlefield. Those politicians who got the news in advance gave their children of the right age the halo of the reserves early on. It is safe, and after victory, they can also publicize that they served gloriously during the war. Anyway, as long as the war is over, it doesn't matter whether they served in the front or the rear." Tommy rubbed his dry eyes and looked at Martin:
"Have you seen the 1987 movie Full Metal Jacket? In it, there is a white recruit named Leonard who was tortured and humiliated, had slow reactions, was overweight, and eventually killed his comrades and then committed suicide. He is the epitome of the 100,000 patriotic soldiers in the Idiot Army. The general who proposed this project was finally condemned many years later, but so what? He didn't have to pay any price at all, just a few painless questions."
"Who really remembers those people? Although they are mentally retarded, they truly love this country. But who in this country really cares about them? John Rambo in "First Blood" was a professional soldier carefully trained by the United States. After returning home, he was humiliated as a warmongerer and a murderer, not to mention a group of idiots who don't know how to resist? Now, those people are already old. If no one speaks up for them, those pure patriots can only die silently with scars on their backs, just like Jeff's father."
"Jeff is a pure man, he is the best candidate, he is a patriot, he is the son of a patriot, that's why I help him, if Congress can be ruled by a bunch of liars, why can't a true patriot appear."
"Think about those patriotic but mentally retarded young people who died in battle on the other side of the earth. They were so stupid that their souls might even be lost after death. Until today, they have been wandering in the jungles of Vietnam, unable to return home."
After Tommy finished speaking calmly, he looked at Martin with a sigh: "What did you want to ask me?"
"Fuck! I want to ask you, after helping Jeff win the election, can I take the money and accompany him to Washington? I want to kill those bastards! Fuck!" Martin heard it with gritted teeth. This was the first time he heard that the US government had done such a cruel thing.
Send out 100,000 poor idiots to die in Vietnam like cannon fodder? In terms of idiocy, he thinks there must be a lot more idiots among blacks than whites, which means that a large number of stupid black brothers were deceived into going to Vietnam and died on the battlefield.
In his previous understanding, the worst people were drug dealers, murderers, and thugs. As for those politicians who appeared on TV, they might be corrupt or incompetent, but they seemed far inferior to the cruel drug dealers and murderers.
It was not until he heard Tommy's story about what happened to Jeff's father and his group that he realized that no matter how cruel the drug dealers, how perverted the murderers, or how brutal the street thugs, they are no match for these American politicians.
What kind of politician could completely lose their humanity and use patriotic propaganda to send people whose lives are already difficult enough into the battlefield as cannon fodder?
"The Bible once said, 'I cannot restrain my mouth. I must speak of the pain of my spirit and the suffering of my heart. Am I the ocean or a crocodile? Why should you defend yourself against me?'" Tommy reached out and patted Martin, who was a little agitated.
"Help this poor, pure good man, help this group of poor, pure good men, make him look like a tough guy, win everyone's support, take him to Washington, and let him speak out for him, his father, and even all the poor people in front of Congress in Washington. Martin, this is the right thing for us to do."
"Jeff! You better fight for your dignity! Your father's soul is still wandering in Vietnam, waiting for you to redeem him!" Martin stood up suddenly and walked towards the living room, shouting:
"If you can't learn it, I promise to teach you on behalf of 100,000 patriotic idiots in America how the Vietnamese treat American prisoners! Many of them are still waiting for you to take them home!"
Seeing Martin's extremely angry expression, Tommy, who was sitting at the dining table, suddenly regained his composure and called him, "Martin."
"What?" Martin turned around, the anger on his face still not dissipated.
"Why do you think I'm helping Jeff now?" Tommy looked at him with a smile.
Martin's Adam's apple moved, and he spoke. "...For those poor old fellows who still loved this ."
"No, to get money from those poor old guys." Tommy said.
Martin was like an inflatable doll that suddenly deflated. The excitement and anger on his face turned into shock after hearing what Tommy said. He couldn't even stand steadily and staggered half a step back.
"The words just now are meant to make the listeners angry, so that they forget the real purpose of the speaker and think that the speaker is one of them." Tommy said to Martin with a smile:
"Lesson 2: It's both truth and lie."
Martin had no place to vent his anger. He wanted to kill all the politicians because of Tommy's words, but now he felt that Tommy was no different from those politicians who deceived the poor people!
Even the reason used is the same: patriotism!
It’s just that one deceives those people into giving up their lives, and the other deceives those people into donating money.
Martin opened his mouth but didn't know what to say. He took two steps towards the living room and couldn't help looking back: "Boss, why did you teach me, a nigger, these things? Why... why can't you let me really believe that we are doing this for America and for those poor people?"
"The great ones are immortal, only the vile ones live forever." Tommy lit a cigarette:
"Maybe it's because you are the miller of Hawke's family?"
