by fedorE 21 Replies latest jw friends
I am part of the world. Part of humanity. An inhabitant of the planet. Because of these things I would not go to war.
I like that answer. From what I have learned, I would not be able to snuff out the life of a soldier
just doing his job, thinking that he has to fight for his country. I couldn't do it.
I do not see myself as a part of this world. I am in this world but not a part of it. I would be an obscenity screaming martyr but I wouldn't pick up a weapon in an organized war. In a state of anarchy I would kill a dangerous enemy. By dangerous - I mean someone who was specifically out to kill me or a member of my family.
Regardless of religious leanings, people that join the military are not the sharpest tools in the box. For the most part they are kids who havent developed a thought process and critical thinking ability. Soldiers are dumb young and full of cum. Most are from poor or underprivliged back grounds and have no direction in life. They want to go and tear shxt up. They take all of the above and wrap it in an American flag and call it patriotism.
You say you would vote for globalism. Haven't you realized that your vote doesnt count for anything. Al Gore won the popular vote of the American people back in 2000, But our keepers didnt want him.
Would I go to war?. Hopefully I will never have to go to a personal war to protect my rights and freedoms. For citizens of the United States, for the past hundred years the enemy of the American people has resided in Washington. If I ever have to go to war, it will most likely be as the founding fathers of this country, a revolutionary against a dictatorship.
if the u.s. was attacked, or, if the mission was clear cut, and no ulterior motives were behind it, and i believed in the mission, i'd take up arms to defend this country in a second.
Regardless of religious leanings, people that join the military are not the sharpest tools in the box.
Yes, agreed. And the people who plan and navigate war processes have brains and are safely tucked well away from the theatre of war.
Same with organized religion: The dumb tools do the slave work whilst their leaders luxuriate at a safe distance.
It's called human nature...
War and that of being a soldier is not for everyone, as it takes a commitment and an understanding that you do not fight for your own glory. You are there for purposes that are larger than yourself. You are in the military to serve the greater common good. The fact that you may die in defense of your country, political policies, good, bad or indifferent is a fact that must be throughly understood.
I think that this is one of the worlds oldest myths. In every generation, mens lives are destroyed because they were told that they were going to war for reason x, and when they get to the line they work out on their own that they're there for reason y. Sometimes an entire generation is deluded into believing that their country is more important than their life. What a load of bollocks. Old men want land or oil or another river or coal or whatever, so they con the young into swapping their lives for it.
Regardless of religious leanings, people that join the military are not the sharpest tools in the box. For the most part they are kids who havent developed a thought process and critical thinking ability. Soldiers are dumb young and full of cum. Most are from poor or underprivliged back grounds and have no direction in life. They want to go and tear shxt up. They take all of the above and wrap it in an American flag and call it patriotism.
If you compare yourself to someone your age who entered the miliary at age 20 and retired from the military at 40, has 70% of his income in retirement pay for life as well as medical and health insurance for life, was able to get a college degree paid for while in the military, then went onto a second career and worked for the next 14 years.....at 54, that person has more education, savings, retirement and benefits than you and is free to do what they want.....they can travel, retire, work they have choices.
How does that compare to your toolbox....and lifestyle ?
""War and that of being a soldier is not for everyone, as it takes a commitment and an understanding that you do not fight for your own glory. You are there for purposes that are larger than yourself. You are in the military to serve the greater common good. The fact that you may die in defense of your country, political policies, good, bad or indifferent is a fact that must be throughly understood."
I think that this is one of the worlds oldest myths. In every generation, mens lives are destroyed because they were told that they were going to war for reason x, and when they get to the line they work out on their own that they're there for reason y. Sometimes an entire generation is deluded into believing that their country is more important than their life. What a load of bollocks. Old men want land or oil or another river or coal or whatever, so they con the young into swapping their lives for it."
I agree, sass my frass. Most wars are about real estate or religion, period. God, gold, and glory.
Regardless of religious leanings, people that join the military are not the sharpest tools in the box.
Obviously written by someone who doesn't know any of our military. I happen to know quite a few. Take the Marine Corps for example, do you think you could even get in? That YOU would even be accepted? If you were accepted could you even make it through boot camp? Then onto MCT? then on to your m o s? I doubt you would last one day in the Marines. The Marines and other military I know have already lived quite a life at their young age. After their volunteer service they go onto college and second and even third careers. One Navy man I know is quite a bit younger than me and could have already retired, full benenfits, and started a new career in the private sector. He and his children will be set for life due to his volunteer service to his country, his own discipline, and he and his family have seen the world. Yeah, sounds pretty damn dumb to me. Wish I was so damn dumb when I was young. If I could join today I would.
They all know when they voluntarily join they may be called for combat duty, we had one recently that died. He volunteered to go back for his second tour of duty because he wanted to finish the job and his buddies needed him. He wanted to go back and do more for the Iraqi people which is not publicized because it doesn't sell. He was a hero. He, at his young age was willing to die for others, for the hope of a better life for his neighbors, the Iraqi people. You don't have to agree with him but don't insinuate he was less of a person or not very bright because he felt an obligation and duty to the world in which he lived.
War and that of being a soldier is not for everyone, as it takes a commitment and an understanding that you do not fight for your own glory. You are there for purposes that are larger than yourself. You are in the military to serve the greater common good. The fact that you may die in defense of your country, political policies, good, bad or indifferent is a fact that must be throughly understood
I understand Proph...I have worked many years within the military community. I also know that you pobably weren't putting the statement out there as some big challenge or with the intent to bait people, but rather to say...Hey these few people think differently. You're right they do.
