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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
I can't think of a better contribution to society than defending freedom from gathering dangers. Can you?
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Certainly. Maybe some of them will be able to develop more accurate or effective weapons. Maybe the effectiveness of those weapons eclipse the contribution that one recruit could make as an enlisted member. Maybe some of them are looking towards a career in intelligence? Better intelligence could have prevented this whole war, right? Maybe some want to work for the department of homeland security. If you think that the only way to help the cause of defending freedom from gathering dangers is to enlist in the military, you are sadly misguided.
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I'm sure that's the excuse George, Dick, Rush and the rest of the chickenhawks used. Can't blame 'em, I guess, since it worked. They did their patriotic duty by using every excuse in the book to stay out of service and they all went on to get rich and famous.
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Well, if Bush's beliefs truly are what they appear to be, you must be agreeing with my initial point that you challenged above. Do you think that Bush could have effected the world nearly as much as he has if he had enlisted in the military and been killed in action? You can disagree with his beliefs all you want. Most people do. You can't deny that he has managed to influence the world, regardless of what liberal hypocrites want to call him.[/quote]
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Laugh.
"I'm too fat, I'm not a chicken".
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But I was responding you your post that said this:
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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
No, not necessarily. But if you are a 20-year-old, politically active, physically fit guy who truly and honestly believes in the cause (which apparently now is the truly pathetic "better there than here"), you are a chicken if you don't volunteer.
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So I'm very confused as to why you're laughing.
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Yes it is black and white. It's either worth fighting or it isn't. The kids in that video made it pretty clear that it ain't worth their time.
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Indeed. Which means they either have other beliefs that they hold higher than their belief in the war. It is possible for a person to believe in more than one thing at once. Enlisting in the military and going to Iraq kind of limits the number of other issues a person can tackle. Maybe they don't have higher beliefs, but they believe they can fight the dangers that they percieve more effectively in different ways, as I've outlined above. It just isn't black and white. I'm sorry if that makes it harder to insult people that you know very, very little about though.