OP, I feel you, bro.
OP, I feel you, bro.
I kinda agree with the OP. They say they are fighting for their country and their freedom. Their country or their freedom is not in danger. They are fighting another countrys war, that has no impact on their country. (not when it comes to freedom and safety of their own country at least)
Sure, its nice that they help other countries, but I also want to facepalm when I hear those lines.
"In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance." Paradox of tolerance
Laughing about that comparison is somewhat uhmm.. stupid almost?
Let's compare... Pearl Harbor as an attack during war which raged for years already... A legitimate Army carried out an attack for strategic reasons against a military base of another country. one country attacked another..... So far for that....
9/11 was a Terror attack, carried out by terrorists which had no connection to any other countries army. They were not under order by any other military power, and the attack happened outside of any war.
Here we have the two differences. Those reflect perfectly the actions taken after 9/11. An alliance of almost countless countries provided everything from financial contribution to actively sent troops to Afghanistan to help to hunt down the terrorists.
The approval rate for the hunt of Al Qaeda across the planet was well above 90%... There were 130 something countries involved one way or another.
The tables turned when the USA turned it's back on that focus, and chose to invade Iraq, over non existent WMD's (which was clear before the invasion even started). Then the support crumbled.
Touchy subject I'm almost surprised there isn't more hate for the OP.
All in all though it is funny how America fools themselves into thinking their army is anything more then a global bully force keeping everyone in the world under their thumb with no interests other then greed.
The US military/dependence on the military sealed its fate as eternal "jerks" (in place of a more accurate word that would threaten to get me banned) when they defied the UN and just bullied their way into IRAQ where they had no place in being.
Glad I don't live in a country that has such a terrible dependence on an army of jerks.
Don't get me wrong there are lots of individuals in the army that are good people but as a whole the American army is just shameful in what they do and what they claim it is.
I would like to see them try it. Vietnam will ensure that we will never have another draft. If a war is indeed virtuous people will enlist, like in WWII. I would enlist to stop the Nazi regime if it was called for, but I refuse to go and terrorize brown people.
So no, I do not have to respect those that fight for my war mongering government simply because. I respect the ones that speak out on how big of a disaster the war is. Those are the real heroes.
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It's called a "Military Presence". It reminds people that we're here and we're the top dogs.
Holy shit, there's so many edgy mcedgerton's in here it's ridiculous. The military is just a job. I wake up every day and go to work, just like some of you. I just get paid less to do it.