Quote from TraderZones:
I am a relatively loyal citizen, but I don't consider military personnel as any higher, any more loyal or any important to the country than the rest of the citizens.
Your attitude is poor, so I dismiss your entire service. "Amount of deeds?" Most military personnel never saw combat.
Are they more important than the police, fire or emergency workers? Or the politicians? Or those who have opened businesses and employed others? Those who have exported goods/services or opened markets? Performed a heroic act? Paid their taxes? Those who work in charity? Perform volunteer work?
The good citizens are those who perform their jobs, exercise our rights, look out for others, and observe the laws of the land.
But see, here's the thing.....THEY WERE WILLING. They VOLUTEERED(most of them) TO PUT THEMSELVES IN HARMS WAY.
If America had not had the WILLING men and women to fight for her during the Revolution, Civil war, War of 1812, Spanish American War, WWI and WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Panama, Gulf I and II, where would we be today?
When things get really serious, they don't call Metro, they call the National Guard.
When serious shit goes down away from here, the USMC is sure to bring it under control, and US Army is sure to keep it that way if they are left alone and allowed to do their jobs.
I am proud to have served. I am proud of the silent service. I am proud that the B2 stealth bomber brings fear to the hearts of our potential and actual enemies.
WE, the men and women in uniform always sacrifice the most, and come away with the least.
All that, so YOU, can say whatever you want to say because WE gaurantee that right against ALL enemies foreign and domestic.
In a way, I feel for you.
I joined the Army because I didn't have the stones to be a Marine. The irony is that I was sent to Benning. Those who served will get that irony. I myself didn't get it until later in my life.
The military is a surreal place, it has some definite down sides, but it has some up sides that are difficult to explain.
That said, I hope that the next time you talk about the military being regular people as you sip your morning coffee and read your newspaper, think about the Navy Seals who took out some terrorists for you. Think about the USS Dallas sitting quietly somewhere, and your enemies worried about it. Think about the USS Ronald Reagan waiting to strike your enemies from wherever they may be hiding. Think about the Spirit of Hawaii waiting to drop bombs on your enemies.
Just think about it..........
Then get up, and go to work.
