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Quote by: rdnor I do not understand the willingness to believe that our military is evil , unless you are supporting the other side(s). |
You're either with us or with the terrorists, eh?
No one is saying the "military" is evil, but some members of it leave a lot to be desired. I prefer to judge the individuals on their conduct and not as a whole. You sound like you jusge ALL of them to be blameless for everything. Personally I think that demeans the ones who ARE good as you lump them in with the bad.
You mentioned Vietnam as if you were the only one here who REALLY knew about it. How about William calley and the chopper pilot who set his machine down between Calleys killers and the innocent people they were about to kill. BOTH were in the same military, so should we avoid condemning Calley because he is a PART of the military? Calley was a scumbag with no sense of decency or honor, but he was a small minority. The idea is to point a VERY bright light on him and those like him just so others who ARE honorable don't get tarred with the same brush instead of looking through right wing rose colored glasses.