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Originally Posted by Hasbinbad
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Don't kid yourself. You can do that in most other countries in the world too. America is not special. Furthermore, the American military hasn't done ANYTHING towards THOSE ENDS since we BEGRUDGINGLY fought in ww2. The VAST majority of the TOTAL funds applied to the US military has gone towards doomsday bombs / deployment, and killing civillians in foreign countries for the protection of monetary interests.
You don't have to tell me about how the benefits are not that great. Ask me why I didn't join. Also, ask me what it's like trying to get my brain-damaged brother admitted to the VA hospital near me.
There is a number, but the US Military isn't willing to pay it. Blackwater.. That's probably another story. However, this is a very shaky argument because of the above debunking of the motives of the US Military, which have nothing to do with "putting your life on the line to protect the state." That is such a laughable premise that I am actually quite surprised you would even begin to stoop to it. It is patently false, and I defy you to support it with ANY form of evidence.
The fact is that YOU TOOK A JOB. You were offered a pay scale and a benefits package, and you TOOK IT. That was a decision on your part. Whether or not you were deluded into thinking that CHOICE was somehow patriotic or not is completely beside the point.
See above. You were offered a job, you did a (probably quick and deluded) estimate, and you signed the contract. Whine somewhere else.
You are not a patriot just because you were brainwashed and are deluded, no matter how many flags you wave or how many bullets you've taken while killing brown children.
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You're wrong and it is patently absurd for you to tell me what I did and why. Like my father before me and like his father before him, I served my country before I began my career. I would have made more money working at McDonald's.
I am not whining about anything. I love my country and I would serve again if called upon. I am not a mercenary; I am not a whore. One of us seems to think about everything in terms of dollars; I do not.
Your argument style is extremely offensive, insulting and unattractive. In one short post you have managed to suggest that I am not only a whore but a cheap whore, that I am brainwashed, that I am deluded, and that I am a murderer. All this because you do not agree with me that America's problems can be solved and that it is up to us, the American people, to help solve them. I suggest you read your own words carefully and reflect on what they say about you.