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Topic	I dont understand the military worship in America.
Mead 05/20/17 3:24:04 AM #66:	Funkdamental posted... Far-Queue posted... If the military is in an unnecessary or unjust war, it's the politicians who should shoulder the blame. Soldiers who see combat should be recognized for their service regardless of the political motivations behind whatever conflict they took part in, and the politicians should draw the ire of the public if that conflict is found lacking any real sense or reason behind it. There's a line that shouldn't be crossed, though. You can't thank soldiers for a good job well done if the cause in which they're fighting is blatantly unjust. You can't treat them as heroes, saints and martyrs if they get killed while serving as military advisers to a brutally repressive dictatorship that's having self-inflicted problems with popular resistance. Sure you can. If somebody jumps on a grenade to save someone else or puts the self in the line of fire to protect a fellow soldier, then that person is a hero. --- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mead "I'm Mary Poppins ya'll!" <cite>Mead posted [p:879454771] in I dont und... [t:75361918]...</cite> <quote><cite>Funkdamental posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Far-Queue posted...</cite> <quote>If the military is in an unnecessary or unjust war, it's the politicians who should shoulder the blame. Soldiers who see combat should be recognized for their service regardless of the political motivations behind whatever conflict they took part in, and the politicians should draw the ire of the public if that conflict is found lacking any real sense or reason behind it.</quote> There's a line that shouldn't be crossed, though. You can't thank soldiers for a good job well done if the cause in which they're fighting is blatantly unjust. You can't treat them as heroes, saints and martyrs if they get killed while serving as military advisers to a brutally repressive dictatorship that's having self-inflicted problems with popular resistance.</quote> Sure you can. If somebody jumps on a grenade to save someone else or puts the self in the line of fire to protect a fellow soldier, then that person is a hero. --- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mead "I'm Mary Poppins ya'll!"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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