I went to get a phlebotomy today at the blood bank in town and two of the women there were talking about the soldier who recently went NASDAQ and killed the Afghan villagers. Towards the end of the conversation one said “Why would anyone want to join the military?” The other one agreed.
My first thought was “Why wouldn’t they? My second thought was “You’re right. Far better to vegetate within these four walls for the next 20 years than to go out and do something as boring and mundane as fight a war with all its attendant risks.”
My third thought was to open my mouth and tell them exactly what I thought of their selfish, narrow-minded, self-centered view of America and how they fit into it. It remained a thought.
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I heard this said many times and in many ways as well. I heard it called the “white mans” war(nam). People of color-religious-poor should not fight a war that doesn’t benefit them? The fact is GOD chooses who He will put in harms way because He knows they can do the job –PSALM 144:1 “Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight” KJV
Well Done. Outstanding. Eloquently managed and well said.
Vetkind gave them the right to express themselves as is their wont.
My Brothers in Arms, look, our service was successful.