(January 16, 2015 at 3:43 pm)user Wrote: If anyone asks me about my religious views:
Allahou akbar, death to those infidel pigs and dogs
I'm an atheist, but not brave, it ain't worth it.
In all seriousness, I hate male bravado in that those who don't fight should not have a voice? Humans are diverse and not everyone is mentally fit to fight. I find it absurd to think you can mold everyone to fit a battlefield. Why would you want somebody not mentally fit there?
I think it is also brave to admit your limits. Even in the past on my jobs, I have hated it when I have told my boss "You think this is my first job? If I tell you I cant do something, I am not being a coward, I am simply saying it would not be a good idea for me to do that".
I hate that mantra "You can do anything". No, you can try, yes, but everyone has different things they can do and other things the cannot do and should not do. And the truth is some men are not mentally fit for a battlefield. It does not make them cowards.
You get so many soldiers coming back with PTSD which means you didn't do enough to prepare them in the first place, and nothing for them while they were there.
If I was mentally strong enough to run a unit, I would not want anyone there that could not handle it. It is bad enough humans go to war, but if you have to defend yourself, just like any other job, you want someone there that can do it.
