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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
You can't blame the war on the soldiers who are sent by our leaders to fight. If you are against the war, criticize your leaders. The only thing you should be saying to the troops is: Can't wait until you're home!
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No, it is the fact that there are hundreds of thousands of people willing to go kill because some guy in a business suit tells them to, selling them a bunch of lines about patriotism and defending "the American [TM] way of life" that allows these wars to take place. We no longer have a draft. All of the people in the military are volunteers, many of whom signed up after the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan started. They chose to go fight a rich man's war. It is the tendency only to blame leaders, over whom we have only marginal control, instead of blaming ourselves that leads to these totally avoidable social catastrophies, whether it be wars, lack of health care, dire poverty, etc.
Luqman