What part of they are serving their country have you NOT understood??!
Our military men and women have fought and defended our constitution so that YOU would have the freedom to write your opinions without fear of reprisals. Imagine that!
While I find your OP shocking and disgraceful I defend your right to freedom of speech, Lemming. I'm sure you can be a very nice person and may even envision yourself as more compassionate than G-d himself but I assure you in this matter of what is honorable you are mistaken. - Jeri
I don't believe I get my "freedom" from a piece of paper that I never agreed to and that was authored by folks who owned other people as property.
The military protects corporate interests, they are not defending me as I was never under attack. They are not defending the Constitution as it authorizes a military for defense purposes not for offense.
Sounds like you don't know too much about the connection between politics and the military. First of all, your ass was saved by hundreds of thousands of US troops who died (and those who didn't) in World War II. Your ass is being saved right now by those serving in Afghanistan. If you wait until your enemy is at your doorstep, it could then well be too late. Just because US troops are on the other side of the world doesn't mean that aren't defending YOU (not some corporate entity)
If you only get your news and info from America and military haters, you'll never hear the full story, and in your case, it looks like that could be happening, Here's a quick introduction to REALITY.
e New York Times article reads >> "Afghan pullout seen as new threat for U.S." They're talking about the nuclear weapons in the arsenal of Pakistan. And the possibility of some of those going missing, being stolen by Islamist jihadists.
No doubt about the threat. The Muslim crazies in Pakistan have repeatedly attacked the storage facilities of these nukes. . The situation is so bad that Pakistan now moves these warheads around in ordinary cargo vans (like UPS), through ordinary streets, to keep the jihadists from focusing in on their locations. Problem is though, this also makes them dangerously susceptible to attack, if/whenever the gooneybirds manage to find the vans. On top of that, the Pakistani govt. is quite fragile, and if toppled by the Muslim loonies, the nukes would quickly be in the hands of the same people who attacked us on 9/11 and Fort Hood. In Afghanistan, it is essential for US troops to be in close proximity to Pakistan and it's arsenal of 100+ nuclear warheads. With the troops in Afghanistan, they can be close enough to the Paki nukes to quickly get to them, and secure them from the jihadists.
Note: If I had my way, the troops would enter Pakistan now and secure those nukes, and bring them back to the US, or to another safe location far away from al Qaeda's central operations.
