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Originally posted by m21sniper
Kachi, i could quote some legendary Americans or other historical figures about the reasons why soldiers do what they do, but you would not understand. They would only be words to you. Words with no meaning.
You will probably never understand what makes a man live in the field for 30 days at a time in sub zero temperatures for $701.00 a month(an E-1s pay when i enlisted), but then i will never understand how a man can sit beind a desk 8 hours a day filling out paperwork like some kind of drone, or how another man can grow old in a life of boring obscurity never having known the comaraderie of his fellow brothers in arms.
Perhaps we are not supposed to understand each other, but of course you know you can stick your pity where the sun doesn't shine. You display the very condescension the article speaks of, and quite frankly, it is not very becoming.
Just be thankful that there are enough of us that will volunteer so you can sit back puzzling over what motivates a soldier. If you were capable of understanding, it would already be perfectly apparent.
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."
~Clausewitz
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WOW! Just "WOW!" Definitely worth repeating!
Another appropriate quote:
"For those who have fought for it, freedom has a taste the protected will never know."
Randy