Are Soldiers Dying in the Middle East really Defending our Freedom?

[Jobster]

Originally Posted by JGMotorsport64

There are more jobs in the military than combat.

And you don't think anybody else works hard?

If you agree with the comment I quoted, you also must think that few are competent enough to make it out in the real world.

You know, the military is under increased pressure to phase out non-value added activities. This means that the workforce is being prepped for future technologies, so many of the jobs also teach a skill that can be utilized on the outside.

This gives them work experience and unless they've changed things, people also have access to the GI Bill which pays for their college. These are just some of the benefits of joining the military.

I hardly see where people who make this decision are not capable of making it on the outside.

[TamaraSavannah]

Basically, when one becomes part of the military, they are there to carry out policy, not make it.

One can argue the ideology all they like about whether or not it is defending our Freedom but one would be in the wrong place to be in the military and argue that point.

Now, one is free to vote for those they wish to see make policy that they can agree with, there is nothing wrong with that.

As far as the Middle East goes and "freedom", consider this set of lines from "Three Days of the Condor":

Higgins: It's simple economics. Today it's oil, right? In ten or fifteen years, food. Plutonium. Maybe even sooner. Now, what do you think the people are gonna want us to do then?
Joe Turner: Ask them?
Higgins: Not now - then! Ask 'em when they're running out. Ask 'em when there's no heat in their homes and they're cold. Ask 'em when their engines stop. Ask 'em when people who have never known hunger start going hungry. You wanna know something? They won't want us to ask 'em. They'll just want us to get it for 'em!



Freedom can mean The Bill of Rights, Freedom can mean not having to go hungry, Freedom can mean not having another country saying that you have to wait in long lines for a few gallons of gas, etc..

[Frank DeForrest]

Originally Posted by Tominftl

Seems like the rich people and businesses always find someone to fight for their interests. Send your kid to fight then they come back disabled benefits who? "Thanks for your service" doesn't pay the bills either...

"War is a Racket" by USMC Major General Smedley Butler should be required reading for students

[PullMyFinger]

The Roman Empire was nothing compared to the American Empire. And they were at war constantly, just like us.