seems liek today there is a heavy contingent of people who want to be heavikly armed personally to ward off an oppressive evil govt.
yet i tend to think that of that group, many are proUS military…
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I think that you very accurately put it right there.
It’s within that group that you see parents encouraging their children, just out of high school, to enlist in the military.
It’s a question of culture and education. I doubt any on this board would allow their kids to enlist in the military.
Is there any data on the high schools/zip codes where enlisted military members come from?[/quote]
Complete demonstration of lack of core values – and focus on self serving.
I am pro US military. They put their lives on the line. That does not mean that I am pro current commander in chief, nor previous commander in chief. Nor does that mean I approve of congress’s actions. The commander in chief as well as our congress are not putting their lives on the line when they order our military to some action. On the other hand, the members of our military have committed to put their lives on the line to do what has been requested of them, whether it costs them their lives or not. They put their lives and trust that ‘We the People’ are using our vote wisely and not just voting for a party of specific face because we ‘like how they look’ or say what we want to here.
If you don’t like what the military is doing, figure out why they have been ordered to do it (Current MSM is a really poor source. They are more interested in stories that sell and drum up emotion than informing – queue Dire Straits) as well as reflect on who you voted for and why. The military is really only doing what it has been instructed to.[/quote]
the military is just following orders, in other words, so everyone is off the hook?
i don’t buy it…
putting your life on the line is irrelevant.
if you volunteer for a corrupt private rorganization, even if it’s risky and you could die in the work, say an illegal whaling ship expedition, we don’t say, wow, taking risks, putting your life on the line, catching whales, making money……we say, why are you volunteering for a whaling experdition in vioaltion of international law? why are you involved in this mess. what in the hell was going through your mind when you volunteered for an obviously evil venture?
is there any point where we say, siniing up for tthe US military is like signing up for an illegal whaling expedition?
is there any point where a guy signing up for this is not signing up honorably to serve his country, but is signing up knowing we are doing bad crap?
is it ever OK for a regular citizen to say to say, NO, not in my name, no thank you, do not serve me, i do not want your service, in this way. I would prefer you NOT serve me whale meat, or back the military. youdo not have to follow these orders if you do not VOLUNTEER in the first place…
. I would prefer you not Volunteer to put your lfie on the line for a corrupt military industrial world whaling death expedition. iw ould prefer you fight for a better country here…
