RE: My Hatred Of Rednecks...
September 28, 2016 at 2:29 am
(This post was last modified: September 28, 2016 at 2:29 am by Thumpalumpacus.)
(September 28, 2016 at 2:01 am)Jesster Wrote:(September 27, 2016 at 7:37 pm)Mechaghostman2 Wrote: But the soldiers are the ones that enforce the shit that the lawyers in congress and the white house come up with. In the words of Einstein, war will only stop when people refuse to go.
Wait, have you ever been in the military? It doesn't sound like you have been. Once you're in, you have no rights. Enjoy that prison cell after you ignore orders. It's a long stay in there. Dishonorable discharge is a fun label to carry around with you as well.
As for the obvious reply -- "They weren't drafted!" -- the fact is that in other nations they often are, and we'd be fools to not only have our voluntary military (which is, I think, the best sourcing in a country of our population), but to allow them to veto orders after they've enlisted.
Military discipline is in place for a reason, and that reason is the same reason we enlisted: the nation needs to be able to depend upon its forces to act decisively once the policy has been set.
It's a hell of a lot easier to change 539 minds than it is to change 1.4 million minds. If you want real change in the policies of this country, vote out the assholes who are happy to spend the blood of servicemen and -women for the benefit of the moneyed interests.
