Quote:
Originally posted by Fletch XXX
just pissed at the status of some things, dont take it personal.
I get tired of seeing people be prowar on this board, when its not them footing the lives.
Got a cousin who before he left for iraq, was not old enough to drink.
Im pretty sure he just had his 21st bday on foreign soil.
we sit here and yap all day about Bush and war, this and SPain that.
But its kids out there serving, and living the fear of war, not us on the board.
Id like to see my troops come home too.
|
but by the same token, you're not the one that's doing the dirty work "over there" either.
and on that note, honestly, what difference does it make if it's Iraq, Afghanistan, or anywhere else? There's no draft. No one was forced to swear that oath and sign that paper. They did it of their own free will. Same as I did 17 years ago. Same as every single soldier that's serving. They knew what they were joining, and if they didn't, then they shouldn't have joined in the first place.
It's not a college course and it's not a vacation in the Bahamas.... it's a military machine. And when you opt into becoming a part of that machine, you go where they tell you to go, and you do what they tell you to do.
Whether a particular soldier is old enough to drink is completely irrelevant to anything. He's (she's) a soldier. And a soldier's business is killing. When, where, and how the military sees fit. Whether anyone back home likes it or not.
If I may go so far as to ask.... if this is causing you so much anguish, did you attempt to talk your particular family member out of joining in the first place?