Quote:
Originally posted by cool_chick
I'm grateful for the soldiers, but when Sheehan comes up, you guys make it clear they CHOSE to join....so since they CHOSE to join, what's the point of your post?
And honestly, what are soldiers doing right now that if they weren't doing, I would not be enjoying what I have?
|
Not going to go on like this all day my dear, its 0900 in the morning here and I am an hour past bfast! I know that its past 1 AM for you and you are up having your favourite adult beverage but I am getting hungry!
Throw Sheehan out of the picture, she is a pawn and being maneuvered by people who are using her for their political means. If we did not have people like this who choose to join then we would have to have a draft and wonderful specimens like CRH911 would have to do his duty and serve.
Lets go back a while, like WW2. Had we not had the military and the citizens behind them, we would probably be speaking German and Japanese now. I speak German and its not an easy language like Spanish, be happy. Fast forward to when you and I grew up and the Cold War. Had the Soviets had control they would have walked over us. They did not install nuke missles in Cuba for giggles, these were offensive, not defensive weapons.
Without the military to protect this country we would be open for anyone and everyone to do as they please. When America was formed and founded there was no question of if we needed a military, the British made us very aware of that fact.
If we had not rebelled we could still be paying a tax to the Queen of England, playing cricket, drinking tea or warm beer and stale chips (french fries) and driving English cars (oh wait, I have a couple of those) instead of our wonderful 911's. (you really need to get one of those!) In the early days our military made the Brits realize that we wanted to have control of our lives, and fought them for it. American military died for both you and me to have the ability to do as we wish in this wonderful country and we all too soon forget it much of the time.
Time to eat, will chime back in later today if I get access to the net.
JoeA