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Originally posted by Joe Sixpack
Killing people because the government told you... brainwashed with that "duty, honor, country" bullshit. Jesus Christ... "the man" really did have his fat dick stuck right down your throat, didn't he? You probably would have killed women and children too if you'd been ordered too I'm sure.
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While I have not killed any women or children up close and personal, I certainly have been responsible for their deaths. War is criminal by nature and civilians are unintentionally killed and sometimes intentionally targeted, it is part of war. War is a dirty affair.
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To be honest, I'm quite amazed that you feel killing is something worth bragging about. You were a very tiny pawn in a very big game run by the rich and powerful and all you were doing is serving their interests.
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Not bragging, stating a fact, and I am only one of tens of millions that have performed the same job.
We had sixteen million people in uniform during the Second World War alone. My father served as a combatant from New Guiene (spelling) to the battle of Manila. If he and others like him had not served you may not ever have had life.
I was not serving "their interests", I was serving my interests as I chose to be a soldier.
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And no, I was born in 1970 so I didn't live in the "Good old days" but I've heard enough about them to be glad I didn't. I'm grateful I grew up in an era when thinking for yourself was possible rather than something be be considered subversive.
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The McArthy years were short lived, if that is what you are referring to. I have always thought for myself and usually out of the box.