Title: Penn State linebacker Mike Mauti Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Jul 30, 2012 Author:. Post Date:2012-07-30 22:20:23 by christine Keywords:None Views:1456 Comments:34
How dare you mock a kid who is a D-1 athlete and an early graduate.
If he were a grunt you'd be genuflecting at his knees.
Fortunately, Cyni's knowledge is not limited to the idolatry surrounding college or professional sports.
Conversely, consistent display of disgust at his support of our military men and women shows just how limited one is in tolerating the differences of opinions of others who post here.
Phant, allow me explain to you why it is that I cannot respect the choice of those who enlist (they are not drafted, they are not dragged away in chains, nor are they forced) in today's military. Their CAREER choice harms me. It harms me because they are the trigger pullers and were it not for them, these wars could not be executed. They are voluntarily doing their part to perpetuate the evil destruction of other countries and their people.
How can I, in good conscience, support or respect these men and women if I cannot support their mission?
How can I, in good conscience, support or respect these men and women if I cannot support their mission?
Easy.
Small town white boys don't really understand what they're doing or getting into. Good motives, bad input data.
Then they keep doing it. Not for the cause, which they may come to no longer believe, but for each other.
They have their own prisoner's dilemma. If they all leave, the war ends. If one leaves, he hurts himself and the men who trust him with their lives (if not their wives.)
Their virtues are used against them.
Ending the war is our job, not theirs. Ending it IS the best way to support them.