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In reply to the discussion: Why do we buy into the worship of the military? [View all]pintobean
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well someone has to die to protect the interests of American multi-national corporations nt
msongs
Nov 2019
#1
Don't get me started on firefighters. Yes there is danger and some put there lives on the
Dream Girl
Nov 2019
#4
The idea that police work is incredibly dangerous or "riskier" as you put it, is a canard
A HERETIC I AM
Nov 2019
#133
First Gulf War and before that, the invasion of Panama. The first Cable TV wars.
ArtTownsend
Nov 2019
#89
You are right. I meant to put on a very broad scale in that sentence but forgot.
Blue_true
Nov 2019
#221
Oh, so good to know. Lincoln and the war had nothing to do with freeing the slaves.
cwydro
Nov 2019
#18
Truly, Lincoln was a man of great conscience and morality, and ending slavery was important to him.
colorado_ufo
Nov 2019
#43
You're close in using "fairy tales," but not the way you think. No offense intended, but millions
ancianita
Nov 2019
#122
Have you ever talked to anybody who lived in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania,
EX500rider
Dec 2019
#241
In reality, it's just lip service. Veterans and not respected. They are viewed as disposable
Dream Girl
Nov 2019
#15
RIGHT !!! Support Troops by not feeding MIC and keeping them out of stupid wars and over feeding VA
uponit7771
Nov 2019
#154
I think a lot of it has to do with that. Stories told that were not necessarily true has us all
Jewls2
Nov 2019
#56
I read a while back that someone did some research, and there are no
PoindexterOglethorpe
Nov 2019
#85
That is correct. It was pretty much manufactured outrage to punch the hippies and war protesters.
ArtTownsend
Nov 2019
#96
That girl was injured by Vietnamese napalm from the Vietnamese air force, not Americans.
braddy
Nov 2019
#111
It's not possible to say it never happened, but I believe it is difficult to find
mahatmakanejeeves
Nov 2019
#109
Wars like WWI and WWII were a lot different from the junk we "fight" today. Today, we have too many
Hoyt
Nov 2019
#17
Imagine what kind of country this could be without the obscene level of military spending
Dream Girl
Nov 2019
#19
Gallagher enlisted under Clinton's presidency was highly decorated and one of our top navy SEALs and
braddy
Nov 2019
#142
Screw hired killers. Worthless POS -- Gallagher -- murdered children in some gungho fit of hatred.
Hoyt
Nov 2019
#146
Eisenhower never saw combat and Rumsfeld went directly from chairman of Gilead to Bush's admin.
braddy
Nov 2019
#119
I am thankful for our men and women who have served, are serving, and will serve.
egduj
Nov 2019
#32
Because Republicans made Military Service equal to the highest form of patriotism
NewJeffCT
Nov 2019
#38
Ignorant of history much? If it wasn't for our military, America wouldn't exist
Baclava
Nov 2019
#41
Honour the PERSON. Nobody joins military to "serve" corporations; so, yes we do HONOUR service
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2019
#42
Good post. I think your premise about WAR is spot on. And runs MUCH deeper than your
pangaia
Nov 2019
#44
I'm not dissing them. At all. Wat I'm dissing is the military worship I see
Dream Girl
Nov 2019
#110
Also, since higher education is expensive, many people join the military for college funding
KSNY
Nov 2019
#57
The draftee served an IMPORTANT role, and it's something that is mostly missing in today's military
Brother Buzz
Nov 2019
#219
Fast froward a few years and we learn us dumb veterans of the Army of the United States (AUS)....
Brother Buzz
Dec 2019
#243
Hardly anyone knows that because the media paints Vietnam as a disgruntled, loser, draftee war,
braddy
Nov 2019
#128
I didn't hear complaints about Vietnam in the Army, except about how we were fighting it.
braddy
Nov 2019
#141
"Korea ... we lost that war" If we had lost that war N Korea would have owned the whole country.
EX500rider
Nov 2019
#222
I considered it an honor to serve my nation on active military duty for 20 years.
40RatRod
Nov 2019
#68
Post-Vietnam efforts by the Reagan-Bush era revanchists. 9/11 and the "War on Terror" certainly made
ArtTownsend
Nov 2019
#91
Because they are willing to die to protect and defend the Constitution
bottomofthehill
Nov 2019
#101
Military service was normal for generations of men, for instance 10 million boomers served, since
braddy
Nov 2019
#121
usually comes from people who have no idea what the military is about, just saying
beachbumbob
Nov 2019
#127
My point is the undue worship we are expected to pay. Those in the military are entitled
Dream Girl
Nov 2019
#134
We don't. We respect soldiers as trying to do their duty regardless of our personal feeling about
emmaverybo
Nov 2019
#166
I don't worship the military, so next time America is under attack, I'm on my own..
Dream Girl
Nov 2019
#170
The military is a jobs program that serves the corporations and their interests.
Autumn
Nov 2019
#183
In my life/world, I have to keep silent on what I think of the military/industrial/corporate complex
Ferrets are Cool
Nov 2019
#187
Thanks for that. I remember when I was about 8 or 9 seeing the obituaries of the
Dream Girl
Nov 2019
#217
The military can be an awesome opportunity if one wants to take advantage of it
madville
Dec 2019
#239
Sounds like a sweet deal. You made it work for you and it sounds like you don't need or expect
Dream Girl
Dec 2019
#240