It is a dilemma probably because the meaning of the day has been co-opted by right-wingers as a celebration of war rather than a remembrance of those who fell.
Since the draft was abolished we now have a professional army which does remove the whole "poor-old-boy-down-on-the-farm-finds-himself-in-battle" mythology. A cursory glance at history shows that we manage to remain almost constantly at war with someone in recent times. As noted above the soldiers don't start the wars but they certainly can't claim that they have no idea what they are getting into and the mission of the reserves has changed completely since Dubya used them to get out of going to Vietnam. Now, the reserves provide most of the support functions so they are almost a guaranteed way of going rather than not going.
The notion that anyone is fighting for our "freedom" however is laughable. They are fighting because politicians send them to war AND they fight for the reason that all soldiers fight: they fight for each other. The only group attacking our "freedom" are the fascist shits running this country into the ground.
Since the draft was abolished we now have a professional army which does remove the whole "poor-old-boy-down-on-the-farm-finds-himself-in-battle" mythology. A cursory glance at history shows that we manage to remain almost constantly at war with someone in recent times. As noted above the soldiers don't start the wars but they certainly can't claim that they have no idea what they are getting into and the mission of the reserves has changed completely since Dubya used them to get out of going to Vietnam. Now, the reserves provide most of the support functions so they are almost a guaranteed way of going rather than not going.
The notion that anyone is fighting for our "freedom" however is laughable. They are fighting because politicians send them to war AND they fight for the reason that all soldiers fight: they fight for each other. The only group attacking our "freedom" are the fascist shits running this country into the ground.
