tomstdenis@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> If foreign invaders landed on our soil, as we have done in Iraq, I would
be
> the first one to take up arms and repel them. (I suppose that would make
me
> an 'insurgent' by OUR logic.) This, and other aggressive governments
have
> always done their utmost to make it APPEAR as if committing yourself to
kill
> in feuds on distant shores that have nothing to do with the welfare of
the
> citizenry is somehow patriotic.
Even if you had a ruthless dictator like Sadam as your "government?"
You aren't very bright. Sure, if someone invaded and wasn't going to
help me, then I'd fight them as well. However, if I really had a
government like Iraq had, then I'd join in with the invaders.
> Enlisting in the armed forces, in the absence of a real and impending
> foreign threat, is no different that hiring yourself as a paid assassin
. .
> the only difference is, you're not getting paid enough. But let's take a
> realistic look at exactly WHO joins up in an all-volunteer army.
Do you really think you can create a credible army from scratch in a few
days? That is what your logic would require.
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