(04-20-2009 01:44 PM)RobertN Wrote: So, iif I don't agree with the war and refuse to join that makes me less of a man?
Stop being myopic Robert ..... it is not about "War or The War", it is about being willing to "Go To War" to defend what a small ill-equipped group of Patriots did in the Revolutionary War and that was to simply Show Up To Defend the Republic knowing they may die of a bullet, freezing to death, starvation, or capture by the enemy and they DID IT for us ALL.
It is NOT about actually wishing for War so you can go Fire your Weapon at Live Humans -- it is about being "WILLING" to do what ever you can and have to do for your Country and her Citizens and doing it unselfishly.
No Soldier wants to have to relive War over and over and over in his head and when Soldiers come out and become Police Officers so they can be in almost the exact same environment, they are just compounding their grief, yet they STILL show their WILLINGNESS to put their Lives on the Line for total Strangers who probably hate them with all their hearts.
There is a Danger to our Republic Robert, are you Willing to put your life on the line in defense of that Republic even if it means your death ??? Even when it means no one CARES or they Curse At You and Spit on You or Laugh at You ???
Search deep in your heart and see if you would put your self in Harms Way for a belief in Liberty that began 250 Years Ago.
This is NOT about War, it is about being Willing to Die to Save What We Have since NO OTHER COUNTRY on EARTH has been able to do it like we have and whether they hate us or love us, THEY ALL ENVY US (or they did).
Do you see where I am coming from ??
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