I haven't really been paying attention to the conversation after this post, but I had to adress this before anything else.
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Dave said:
I don't get that at all.
I have no problem with a professional soldier getting killed or injured. Its their job. I once toyed with the idea of becoming a soldier. Its has a certain patriotic appeal, to serve your country. You join up, you run the risk.
A conscript has no choice. They get thrust into abyssmal conditions and shot at. They watch their friends die, and get shot or blown up themselves. And they have no choice in it. Either they do it, or they get gaoled.
Where is the liberty and freedom in that?
Dude, I live here, and I plan to stay here consistently. I know that while this country has some problems, others have A LOT more than this one. And that makes me grateful.
Taking these facts into mind, I don't think there should be any dispute on why I'd serve at the drop of a hat. I got a debt to pay and a (almost)trouble free life to insure. Also, if I weren't so selfish, I'd say that I have American citizens to protect.
It should be the right of the country to call upon its inhabitants--Who have been given rights by the country itself--To protect and pre-empt.
And as those Tom Clancy commercials say, "Freedom isn't free." If you're going to be lazy and not make damn sure that you as an individual have insured it's place at where you live (IF you're very able to do so), you don't deserve freedom.
