RE: Do you think American soldiers are put on too high of a pedestal
January 17, 2017 at 10:55 am
(January 17, 2017 at 10:22 am)Khemikal Wrote: We don't treat our vets well, and we don't treat our serving soldiers well either. We fellate the effigy of an idea of a joe, but mostly leave them to their own devices. My entire unit had to buy it's own body armor or go into combat with a cold war era soft flak vest made for tankers..........as infantry. The fucking insurgents had better gear than we did. The job sucks, the pay is shit, and you forfeit your rights in doing it. The only reason -most- people do it, is because they're poor as shit. They desperately need money for something and lack valuable skills, or the hots and a cot are the most stable life they've ever had, for all that's worth. Most come out of the service in the same position they went in, or worse off.
To echo Oppo, up above. I don't want the ass kissing, that's not really for "us", it's for "you". It makes me uncomfortable. I know what I did. If I described it to people for what it was, they might understand how uncomfortable it is to hear someone thank me for my "service". When I acknowledge another vets service, I'm acknowledging the shit no one talks about. Letting them know that I understand. Not congratulating them on some great feat of bravery.
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Likewise it also makes me uncomfortable, and the whole idea that being a veteran somehow gives me the authority to tell anyone what to do or what to believe is anathema to the reasons why I served.
