Originally posted by: Crimson
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: heartsurgeon jr
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
I have a better idea, join the Army and volunteer to go to Iraq. If you did some other soldier would be able to come home from Iraq earlier.
A lot of people have done just that.. We have enough volunteer soldiers to do the job.. stop making this stupid argument.
Yeah right, that's why they keep extending tours of duty, calling up Soldiers who have already put in their time and are using the National Guard to fight this war.
The whole purpose of a volunteer army is that those who CHOOSE to join can, and do.. those who CHOOSE not to, don't have to. And the amazing thing? We all enjoy the same rights and freedoms. Thats how our country was founded.
Yeah he can choose to support a war that he as long as there are others to fight it instead of him
Everyone who is currently in Iraq could have CHOSEN not to be there..
No true!
Red, you are just making yourself look foolish now. Explain to me which people who are currently in Iraq could not have chosen NOT to be there? I don't think your oath when you join the military says 'You can change your mind if we actually go to war'.. So, you CHOOSE before hand.. You need to decide that if the benefits of joining the military outweigh the risk of you dying.. some say yes, some say no.. You can't say that once we go to war that 'Oops! I changed my mind!'. But, everyone who has joined has done so by choice.. Unless you have proof otherwise?
Also, please explain to me why you have to be in the military to support a war? Think about this for a second, our President, the Commander-in-Chief, is a CIVILIAN.. Our very constitution specifies that the head of our armed forces NOT be a member of the armed forces! I don't suppose you are going to make the claim that every President since the founding of this country has no right to support a war? What about the people who make the guns our soldiers use? Are they not important? They are not fighting, but our soldiers would probably be killed a lot more if they were using sticks to try to kill people? What about the people who make the tanks we use? Or that mine the steel we use to make armor on our hummers? How about the people who make the computer chips that make the targeting systems for our planes? Would kind of suck if every missile we shot went flying straight ahead and never adjusted course.
What about the police officers at home who are protecting the familes of the soldiers while they are away? Do they not have a right to support it? How about the firefighters who are putting out the fires in the soldiers homes while they are away.. Do they not have a right to support the war? What about the handicapped who cannot be soldiers? Do they have a right to support the war? How about the internet companies which allow soldiers to communicate with their loved ones in real time from halfway across the globe?
You argument is SERIOUSLY flawed. EVERY American, in some way, supports this country.. Without the garbage collector trash would pile up and disease would increase at home, putting the soldiers family at risk.. Without the mailman the soldier would have no way of getting packages from his family.. without the truck drivers we would have no way to bring new supplies to our troops...
Our country is the sum of all its parts.. each equally important.. each person has a job.. for some its stocking the shelves with food so people can eat, for others its growing crops so people can eat.. For some very brave people, its getting shot at to defend our country. The fact that you can't see the value in everyone really explains to me what type of person you are..