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Weeeelll, today in government, we are giving current event presentations, and somehow we get in a class discussion about the war (what doesnt derail into this now-a-days). So the class is discussing, the usual logical vs. loliberal debate, and then someone mentions all the civilians killed and how we are no better than Saddam Hussein if we kill any civilians. So let me get this straight, we arn't any better than a ruthless dictator that killed over 1 million of his own people, yet we have liberated this country from the exact madman (even though I don't agree with doing this) and we have given a nation hope that has never known the word?
The person went farther to suggest that american soldiers should be more careful when attempting to identify a terrorist, and they should error on the side of caution by not shooting anyone that could potentially be a civilian. What the fuck? Isn't that the same as saying more american soldiers should lose their lives in order to make us look more 'humane' to the rest of the world?
Think about the reprocussions of this. More american soldiers dying in the first place is just stupid, but once more start dying, suddenly less and less people want to join the military. Less people joining = less people in the military = not enough people to afford to lose 2 soldiers : 1 insurgent = will never win a war again. To be completely honest, I would not be opposed to people over the age of 18 to have to complete boot camp, and then be placed on a 'last-line' priority. In other words, if we ever were to run short on soldiers and are in dire need, the military could call upon an already trained public. Call it a militia, call it the draft, whatever the hell you want. At the current rate of recruitment in the United States, it might have to be turned to.
But I digress. Summary: Suggesting allies dying before enemies is suicidal.
P.S. Dr. Pepper holds me when I sleep at night
The person went farther to suggest that american soldiers should be more careful when attempting to identify a terrorist, and they should error on the side of caution by not shooting anyone that could potentially be a civilian. What the fuck? Isn't that the same as saying more american soldiers should lose their lives in order to make us look more 'humane' to the rest of the world?
Think about the reprocussions of this. More american soldiers dying in the first place is just stupid, but once more start dying, suddenly less and less people want to join the military. Less people joining = less people in the military = not enough people to afford to lose 2 soldiers : 1 insurgent = will never win a war again. To be completely honest, I would not be opposed to people over the age of 18 to have to complete boot camp, and then be placed on a 'last-line' priority. In other words, if we ever were to run short on soldiers and are in dire need, the military could call upon an already trained public. Call it a militia, call it the draft, whatever the hell you want. At the current rate of recruitment in the United States, it might have to be turned to.
But I digress. Summary: Suggesting allies dying before enemies is suicidal.
P.S. Dr. Pepper holds me when I sleep at night