Quote Originally Posted by JohnnyZ
So do any of you military guys care to address the fact that war mongering is not protecting anything? That is the question at hand now, we aren't concerned about how to shoot a gun.

Look.. If North Korea started fucking shit up tomorrow and invaded Canada (for whatever reason.. practice probably), I'd be the first one to enlist. I believe in freedom. I believe in protecting my freedom. I do not believe in forcing freedom upon others.

And back to the initial question here.. dude, the military is not the only other choice if you hate college. Get a job with a construction company. That's what I do. I love working construction. Maybe look into some labour jobs before you enlist.
warmongering is something politicians do! the military are merely the ones that do the bidding. we don't decide what wars are started, that takes an act of congress. public opinion decides "right from wrong".

we are the best military in the world because we train to be. that's what the military is, training. training so when you go to war you do your job and you do it well so you don't go home in a black plastic bag. so just because we do our job with efficiency as trained to do, doesn't make us bad guys.

not everything the military does is right, or wrong. war is some nasty sh!t. bad things happen. sometimes in war there are preemptive attacks. that's the way it's been for thousands of years. some will agree, some won't and some will change their minds.

it's not for everyone. do politicians use it for personal gain? of course. but that's a different subject. that needs to change on a different level. that's something completely different from the military.

i agree with image about the defending freedom comment.

whether they had weapons of mass destruction in iraq or not, it was the iraqi people that toppled the statues of saddam. we defend the freedoms of others as well. do we do it for our own best interests? almost always i'm sure. that's another debate too.

i'm not knocking your opinion. i appreciate it.

some mess is gonna go down with north korea. will they attack canada? only if they aim for new york and their math is off. lol. so i think you are safe from joining.....for now.

my previous post about the rifle marksmanship was in response to JD's post about not pointing a gun at anyone.


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