Wow,
Soldiers are ordered to fight. That's their job. Not only that, but there are life altering or life ending reprecusions to refusing to do that job.
I'm sure their are TONS of soldiers over there who don't feel right about what their doing. We've heard fom some already as they've come back from tours or duty.
But it's not their choice. It's not like all the soldiers an get together and say, 'hey this isn't right, let's revolt.'
Someone should send Mr. Joel Stein to boot camp for a few weeks and see how he feels about sticking up for his morals then. I'm thinking he'd just do whatever they told him to, to get the job down quicker. To go home sooner.
He was actually making some good points about the apathy and guilt avoidance of the general public, and the fact that the whole thing has gone about 180 degrees from where they thought it would be and no one is taking the blame.
But to take it out on the troops? He has obviously oversimplfied the issue.
He should be using his position to go after the guys in charge, not the poor souls holding the guns.
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