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Originally posted by jfj123
I'm a little tired of hearing the excuse
WELL THEY VOLUNTEERED
Originally posted by jfj123
Soldiers can think for themselves but violating the rules has consequences. If you violate the rules at your job, you might get fired. If a soldier violates the rules they will go to jail or worse. Soldiers trust that the orders they are given are moral and just. If all soldiers questioned all orders, there would be no functioning army and nobody to protect you and I.
Originally posted by jedimiller
Sure, real soldiers fight for freedom. do you think soldiers went to WWII because of the benefits? because they got 100K a year a car and a house? No. they went there for a real cause, to fight a real threat.
Do you think the civil war paid for their soldiers? no. soldiers that actually fought for this country did it for peace, freedom and true patriotism. Those soldiers I have admiration for. not today's type soldiers.
Originally posted by jasonjnelson
reply to post by jedimiller
Jedimiller. I don't care what the mods say on this one. You are a grade A jerk, man. Don't support the troops? Please post your address online. When the war happens, I will insure that we, (veterans and active duty) Do all we can to avoid protecting you and your family.
Rules are rules? I hope one day you need to bend a rule for your own sanity, and they drop a friggin block on you.
I labeled you a respected foe because IDIOT was not an option.
Edit to ask a mod to deduct 10 points from me. This is not the post I want to break 2000 with.
[edit on 13-4-2008 by jasonjnelson]
Originally posted by howmuchisthedoggy
Originally posted by jfj123
I'm a little tired of hearing the excuse
WELL THEY VOLUNTEERED
I understand where you are coming from and you make some excellent points.
However, it still remains that there is too much "boo-hoo the poor soliders"
and that we are not allowed to comment on the war once they are deployed,
as doing so would not be "supporting the troops".
I'm all for supporting the troops in a just cause and honoring their commitment, but this is not a just cause and their commitment is being tarnished in the name of profit.
Originally posted by jedimiller
rules are rules guys. No cellphones in class. Doesn't matter who it is. I think the school did the right thing. So the guy is in Iraq, who isn't? They could have emailed eachother. And why is the dad calling the kid in the middle of the night? shouldn't he be sleeping. I'm not a supporter of the war or the troops. So I don't feel for this story as others do.
Originally posted by jasonjnelson
Reply to both of you.
I am a fun, relaxed guy, whom you would all probably like. The same probably goes for you. But when you start saying that our Marines and the rest are all part of a greater mechanism that is anti-general populace, I believe you are gone.....
I do not wish war on anyone. Nor harm, nor disease, nor pain. I am a christian, and this is against everything Christ teaches.
That said, I was merely pointing out that if you don't support the soldiers all the time, then you should not get theirs' when you need it either.
Hate the man that sent them to war, not those that are acting on orders, where 99.9% are doing their job honorably.
Originally posted by d11_m_na_c05
reply to post by jfj123
1,300 Iraqi troops, police dismissed
www.abovetopsecret.com...
Even there own people are smartening up and not fighting . Whats wrong with our people ?
[edit on 13-4-2008 by d11_m_na_c05]