In the meantime, let's not forget why we even have our day off. As of May 21st, we lost 4,296 soldiers, and another 31,102 wounded. This weekend has got to be one of the toughest weekends for a lot of families out there. I personally know dozens of soldiers that got killed in combat, including my ROTC MSIII instructor at VFMC. It's a dangerous world out there, unknown to some of you sitting in your leather chairs in an air-conditioned room watching episodes of American Idol.
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I served four years in the U.S. Navy during the peak of the Vietnam war. IMHO there should be a mandatory two years active service put in by every U.S. citizen. It would give people a different perspective in life. There would be less looking out for number one and more pride in the country. I hesitate to use the word patriotic. People might associate that with the patriot act, which, IMHO, is far from patriotic.
I agree Mike.
J - First, this is my blog so I can do whatever I wish. Second, you are not in the military, so you wouldn't understand a thing about these pictures or their meanings.
Another thing about having a mandatory two years military for every U.S. citizen is that politicians would have a lot harder time staying in office if they supported unpopular wars. If every family had relatives in the military there would be a different outlook. A higher percentage of people would have loved ones to worry about so any wars we got in had better be worth it. Losing a loved one means a whole lot more than some figures of dead and wounded. IMHO the military should be more defensive than offensive.
I forgot who it was, but you didn't have to delete your comments.
Mike - right. Politicians should have their "own skin" in the game. I guarantee you that they will make better decisions. Also, their influence shouldn't dictate what their sons and daughters do, e.g. so-and-so didn't have to go to Iraq because their daddy Senator got them a special reassignment, etc.
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