If you weren't drafted, you aren't a hero. Even if you were drafted you're more of a victim of government force than a hero. Firefighters, doctors, organ donors, etc. are heroes, they saves lives. Members of the military generally kill people and bomb things, then when they save some victim from the rubble they just bombed they are celebrated as heroes, meanwhile everyone seems to forget why they had to rescue said victim to begin with.
Military = Paid and trained killers working to fulfill the governments interests, get over it.
I think he's right, but what do I know? I'm sitting in air conditioning, I part my hair and I try to dress well. All of my opinions are invalid.
What a disrespectable, ignorant statement to make...He obviously was not taught what it means to have character, to walk with dignity and to show true courage....that is what I think about when I think of our soldiers, past and present....our country's heroes, in every sense of the word!
Sure smells indoctrinated in here.
What a disrespectable, ignorant statement to make...He obviously was not taught what it means to have character, to walk with dignity and to show true courage....that is what I think about when I think of our soldiers, past and present....our country's heroes, in every sense of the word!
Unless you know what it is like to serve, be part of a brotherhood, to put your life on the line - then shut the fuck up.
RITE! Because all this freedom that soldiers die for that we hear so much about only works if someone shares your same indoctrinated worldview amirite? AMIRITE BRO? AMIRITE BRO? AMIRITE BRO?
Why should they be given respect?A soldier doesn't ask to be called a hero, but they should be given respect.
This guys is someone who curls up on the couch on the weekend with some sugar free sorbet so he can watch a marathon of Lifetime movies. Spineless intellectual pussies shouldn't comment on anything they have never experienced. Unless you know what it is like to serve, be part of a brotherhood, to put your life on the line - then shut the fuck up. Those who serve don't ask to be called heroes, it is something the public has bestowed upon them as a sign of respect.
To say those that have been killed in service of their country aren't heroes, just makes you a douche. Even if you don't believe it, what does it accomplish? Trying to further your career and make a name for yourself makes you a terrible person.
The wordings of the current oath of enlistment and oath for commissioned officers are as follows:"I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God." (Title 10, US Code; Act of 5 May 1960 replacing the wording first adopted in 1789, with amendment effective 5 October 1962)."I, _____ (SSAN), having been appointed an officer in the Army of the United States, as indicated above in the grade of _____ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter; So help me God." (DA Form 71, 1 August 1959, for officers.)
Yeah that's what makes people hero's. They took an oath to not only defend the constitution but to obay the orders of the President of the United Sates. They don't get to question the legality of the wars they go to, they made an oath to follow orders.
If during their time of voluntary service they are required to engage in combat for whatever reason they are a hero because they kept their word and didn't break their oath.