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Originally Posted by dsvick
So please stop insulting the best efforts of the men and women who have chosen a particular line of work that very few others can or are willing to take up.
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1.) It is a very tired old concept that you aren't allowed to share an opinion on an area unless you are in that field-- usually trotted out by those who don't like your opinion on that area.
2.) When someone joins the military, they have made the explicit choice of signing up to be cannon fodder (expect for those dumb enough to believe the "be all that you can be" propaganda that it is all just a fun way to get a college scholarship.) The civilian population of a country, though, are simply trying to survive in their homes, plunged into the middle of a war that they usually didn't ask for or want-- it is governments fighting governments, and the regular people are the victims. So when given the choice between the deaths of innocent bystanders and the deaths of soldiers, I prefer the deaths of soldiers. If it takes more soldiers dying to better prevent "collateral damage", I think that is a high price to pay, but a fair one-- that is what they signed up for.