Why do people respect soldiers so much? WW2 was the last justifiable war. Soldiers don't defend our freedoms, our rights and liberties get stolen everyday (often in the name of national security).
Welfare recipients are more productive than soldiers.
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Anonymous2011-10-04 19:40
I'm in the U.S. Army. I'm not a fan of the wars. Al Qeada is a international/subnational entity and its members should be treated as criminals and tracked by CIA/Special forces, not with invasions of nations. This was unlikely to happen after 9/11 when Afghanistan had Bin Laden and wouldn't hand him over because of how outraged people were with the attacks. The military is important and demands respect because even when they aren't in the middle of a war for freedoms, they are a deterent. China, Russia, or whoever will not invade as long as there is a large and well equiped military around. Soldiers are willing to do things that the rest of the public will not and deal with situations and stresses that the average person can hardly imagine. I don't like to make a big deal about being in the military myself, but I know other soldiers that are heroes by most standards and who should be rewarded for what they do regardless of people's politicasl stances.
Exactly why Video Games are a good past-time. Virtual War. It's awesome no one actually dies but you can still immerse yourself into the atmosphere.
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Anonymous2011-10-05 12:30
Only two kinds of people has respect for soldiers:
The government, and whores.
To everybody else they're just murderers and scum.
...except for US soldiers, who are scum to everyone - people just don't tell them this enough.
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Anonymous2011-10-05 15:03
i respect soldiers because they're ready to die for something
i think it's the government who doesn't respect soldiers, making them fight useless wars risking their lives for nothing
I'd say it's animalistic, we know that they are warriors and we are not.
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Anonymous2011-10-09 1:10
It's simple math really, even though they're serving sociopathic politicians and incompetent commanders they get very little out of it, they're at a deficit, the product of this deficit goes to evil motherfuckers but they're the ones risking their lives and getting paid fuck all.
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Anonymous2011-10-09 1:16
>>2
What do you mean by "reward"? Given special rights and privileges like knights? Or just paid more?
In the US, soldiers get decent pay (excellent pay if they move up the ranks a bit) and some of the best benefits around (free medical care, extra money for living off a military base, money for travelling, free or cheap food depending on where they are, and good retirement). I think that this is how it should be.
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Anonymous2011-10-13 11:13
Al-Qaeda doesn't even exist. You're fighting against an idea, not an organization. And you're losing the ideological war.
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They get medical care and access to education that's out of reach of huge swathes of the population, effectively compelling people to join the army if they want a chance at a not completely shit life. I'm not so certain this is how it should be.
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Anonymous2011-10-14 13:59
>>24 out of reach of huge swathes of the population
Most people are stupid, you'll realize this someday unless you're one of them.
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Anonymous2011-10-14 14:11
>>25
Well that's debatable, but more importantly it's irrelevant. Most of the military are stupid too, I imagine. This doesn't say anything about their worth as people.
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Anonymous2011-10-14 14:23
>>26
They are willing to risk their lives, which makes them a cut above other apes.
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Anonymous2011-10-14 14:33
>>27
So are skydivers. I don't like what they're doing, so what the fuck does it matter how courageously they do it?
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Anonymous2011-10-14 14:44
>>28
It doesn't matter what you think, according to the system it's economically productive so they are willing to pay them to do it.
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Anonymous2011-10-14 21:38
>>29
lol at the thought of the US military being economically productive
This guy doesn't seem to appreciate the fact that soldiers are a deterrent and that without a professional military force always standing by to scare off potential invaders, North America would probably be the land of proxy wars for Russia, China, and the EU. How he feels about the current wars is irrelevent. Soldiers are brave for volunteering to be in the force that would go and fight a legitimate conflict if were to erupt. Not agreeing with current wars has nothing to do with that fact.
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Anonymous2011-10-15 20:05
>>34
America invests vastly more in its military than required for any deterrent. You're a nuclear power, for Christ's sake. Nobody's going to launch an invasion.
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Anonymous2011-10-15 20:47
>>35
Nobody except Mexico. Two million reproductive warriors cross swim across the border every year, and George Soros ties the hands of the Border Patrol.
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Anonymous2011-10-15 20:49
Ultimately, soldiers are just people, even if there happens to be a higher percentage of jingoists and hillbillies regardless of what country you're from. Blame individual soldiers for atrocities they may commit and blame politicians for illegal or misguided wars, but don't categorically blame the soldiers. They do more than just fight - they distribute aid, protect civilians, and rebuild towns (whether or not they happened to destroy them in the first place)
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Anonymous2011-10-15 20:52
>>36
It's conservative billionaires suppressing border enforcement, not liberal ones; they're the ones that are hiring illegal immigrants for lower wages and longer hours.
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Anonymous2011-10-15 21:18
>>36
Yeah, but no sane people give a shit about that.
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Anonymous2011-10-15 21:44
>>38
George Soros doesn't want the two million instant Democrats signed up for El Guelfare and signed up to vote each year, then? Open borders, unlimited immigration, and amnesty for all wetbacks aren't planks of the Democratic Party platform, then?