Yes, freedom is only ensured through killing, it’s been that way throughout history. I don’t picking a fight with a vet is a good thing, and it’s counter productive.
As a retired soldier myself, I would have to say I hope your service record doesn’t include combat, that’s a sure way to wreck society too. Men and women are different, one is not better than the other, we’re just different, together we can make some dang good teams, but combat is one area where I will never want to see a woman of any kind.
Yes, freedom is only ensured through killing, it’s been that way throughout history. I don’t picking a fight with a vet is a good thing, and it’s counter productive.
As a retired soldier myself, I would have to say I hope your service record doesn’t include combat, that’s a sure way to wreck society too. Men and women are different, one is not better than the other, we’re just different, together we can make some dang good teams, but combat is one area where I will never want to see a woman of any kind.
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I wasn’t picking a fight with a vet. A poster implied that killing is the only way to insure freedom. You don’t have to be a vet to believe that...and you don’t have to believe that if you are a vet.
I am a vet and I don’t think killing is always the solution to keeping freedom. I also believe that we are sometimes obligated to put our lives on the line to protect freedom. To me there is a distinction between saying that killing/war is the only way vs saying I am willing to kill to preserve our freedom. I don’t personally think war should be the first resort a nation or a people take to preserve or gain freedom.
As for my service record, let me say that I don’t think the person who drops the bomb or shoots the bullet are the only service members who protect a nation. The thing about being in the service is that it’s about being part of a team. You give up your individuality in service because it’s NOT about ‘you’ it’s about us. All of us.
The enemy didn’t care about what my role was...they just saw a uniform. And if they could kill me...they wouldn’t give a fig for what my title was.
I will also add this...one does not have to be in combat to have killed in the line of duty.