Worried They Will Miss the War

I remember when I tougth "better is I run graduation as CRISTIAN", because whit Him as COMANDENT I don not have to beat my peers and I will have life FOREVER, but while that happens I feeling so happy with my sons alive, thank JEHOVA! for open my eyes.

Whatever happened to the conservative's hymn "Not Going To Study War No More"?

http://blogdredd.blogspot.com/2009/04/too-big-to-stop-killing-war-class.html

Not to worry... with the economic suffering in America, soon we will have class warfare.

If I were parent to one of these cadets and I heard them say they were worried they'd "miss the war", I would slap them upside the head. LOL

Lee, you do a nice job of refuting the ignorant.

warriors have always loved war, it's no different from any other type of person loving their job. It's a job they hope to advance in it by doing well, going to war adds to a soldiers resume. Its make it seem as if the soldier has real world experience, it makes it seem as if they know what they are talking about when they lead or teach other soldiers or advise politicians or research scientists or whomever. Common sense reaction really, as for fear, I think they would feel anticipation, excitement and fear. These are the same emotions any fighter feels if you want to find parallels in civilian life, talk to any boxer getting ready for a fight, I think y'oull see the same eagerness to fight and the same mix of emotions.

warriors love war that's why they become warriors. I don't think that it is unusual they would not want to miss the war

Without a draft war is unrealistically tidy. We can repeatedly 'reup' those who enlist until their lives become a shambles, and no one bothers -- because it is an 'inside' thing with the implicit belief that they chose this. "Protecting" our freedoms becomes a euphemism for the unspoken "I'm glad it's not me or mine," a convenient 'patriotism' based upon a war fought by "those wonderful guys." If we are to have the terrible, bloody, thing we call a war, and if we go to kill, maim, and destroy, let us do it together. Let "you" become "me" and "mine." Forget the euphemisms ("actions," "interventions," etc.) that so dishonor those we send to kill and be killed. A war is our war. We, you and I, go to kill and be killed, to maimand be maimed. It is a very real thing. It seems only a draft can achieve this reality -- a reality in which, when a soldier dies or is injured, he is truly honored the only way that is possible, by knowing he is one of us rather than a part of a paid, isolate business group to which we mouth empty platitiudes. "valkyrie" is absolutely right.

This is why we need to reinstate the draft (or a program of alternative service Conscientious Objectors). There is a huge divide between civilians and military that didn't used to exist -- far too many people in America have never been in the military, or had a family member in the military, or even KNOWN anybody who was in the military! They seem to think of military people as being like Martians -- utterly foreign to them. This is not good for America. Even the ordinary Joe Blow, who hated every day he served and counted the days 'til he was out, could relate to them later in life, when he read in the paper that Congress was considering this pay raise or that deployment. He still had that connection. That connection is now missing, and it's unhealthy in the extreme for our nation. It's turned us into an "us" and "them" society, which we sure as hell don't need.

For you self-proclaimed war veterans, hang your heads in shame for acting self-righteous and jumping on the bandwagon of those who posted ignorant comments about a subject for which they have no clue. Combat veterans are the ones who should provide some clarity on this message board. What kind of comments did you hear from your peers when you were being shipped off to war? What was said to those who showed doubt? What was thought of leaders who showed a lack of confidence? Ask yourself those questions and then reassess your conclusions on these West Point graduates who have chosen an occupation that most civilians cheer for in public and then jeer in private. How many people do you know that say "I support the troops...as long as my son/daughter isn't one of them." Hypocrisy at its worst!!

The military undoubtedly deserves our devout thanks for sacrifices that can never be repaid. Of course the military exists for the protection of our nation and our allies and for which have been doing an exemplary job. I have to take issue, however, with the idea that our military personnel are eager to be deployed because they are "worried they will miss the war". I like to think that our military is fighting and dying in order to prevent a larger war. The idea that a soldier can't wait to get into a war for career experience sickens me. I have seen many preventable deaths among young people unrelated to war and I cannot thoroughly explain how the negative repercutions affect the many lives surrounding these tragic circumstances. I can only hope our future military leaders will take my comments as cautionary and not as an attack on your long and proud traditions.

The military undoubtedly deserves our devout thanks for sacrifies that can never be repaid. Of course, war and protection of our nation and our allies is why the military exists and for which have been doing an exemplary job. I must take issue, however, with the idea that military personnel want to be deployed because they are "worried that they will miss the war." I like to think that our military is fighting and dying in order to prevent a larger war and not because they may miss out on career experience. I hope that our future military leaders will take my comment into consideration and not as an insult.

I entered the Army shortly after combat operations had ended in Vietnam. Having earned my commission through ROTC, I was eager to serve but unfamiliar with the ways of the Regular Army folks. I was very surprised to meet some people who were extremely disapponted that they never got to serve in combat in Vietnam. Some had even volunteered but were never assigned to a combat unit in Nam. They believed this failure "to get in on the action" had compromised their military careers and put them at a disadvantage compared to their peers who had seen combat. It was an interesting experience for me.

Well this story should finally put to rest the old canard that no one in the military wants war. Should but won't. Hey folks, just keep repeating the idea that the actions of the US military in at least the last 50 years have played any role whatsoever in protecting my right to criticize them.