Originally Posted by
Edouble
You originally wrote that these people "put their lives on the line" in your post, now you have changed it to they "are willing" to put their lives on the line. A pretty big difference in semantics. Aside from a possible serious training accident, I don't see how a soldier stationed at Fort Bragg is putting their life on the line everyday. My original point was simply that they are not.
What you have now written though, scares me.
The great thing about the "freedom" that we enjoy is that everyone is entitled to their opinion. Asking questions is protected by the first ammendment, and there are no caveats that one must be in the military to enjoy these rights... liberty is, in fact, unalienable! We don't live in a police state where we must blindly support the decisions made by our government and the agencies that enforce them.
I would certainly put my life on the line in defense of these freedoms. However if I were to sign up for a military tour, it's not clear that's what I would be doing--especially if I were raping and killing Iraqis halfway around the world. A good number of my family and friends have served in the military, but that doesn't mean that I have more of a right to voice my opinions on the use of U.S. force on foreign soils than a person with no ties to the military.
How about reserving a special section in Cameron for public school teachers that put their lives on the line everyday (not a joke) for the betterment of the youth in our country?