I've lived in the Tampa Bay area for 20 years and the storms are not that bad in the gulf coast. This particular season has been rough but it's the worst I've seen in twenty years. Before this living in Florida was a piece of cake... rain from 3pm to 5pm during the summers and beautiful weather the rest of the time.
I see a small point here but what you're suggesting sets a very bad precedent. You suggest that soldiers only fight the military battles that they feel are justified and right. NONSENSE. We elect leaders to make that distinction and soldiers go fight the wars. If the decision to fight a battle is a bad one then we, as a people, are to blame because the people elect the Commander in Chief.
You can't have every GI decide wether this battle is one I should be fighting or not. I certainly am not suggesting that soldiers disregard human rights and use the "I was just following orders" line to commit war crimes or anything like that, but within the confines of the law a soldier must follow orders. Our military must follow the orders of it's president. Without this structure in place you have chaos.
You cannot spend 200 years creating a great country and hope that no one comes by and tries to attack it or destroy it. The role of the federal government is to ensure the safety of it's people. NOTHING ELSE. We have diluted the role of the fed so much so that people lose site of this. Now the federal government is feeding people, paying for art, getting involved in gay marriage disputes, etc. I could give a crap about any of these issues. I'm sure that many of the people on 9-11 couldn't have cared less about these issues in their moment of crisis. Protect me and my family, that's all I ask of the fed. Leave the rest of that crap to the state and local govt's. To that end, IF IT IS NECESSARY, conscript. I don't think in todays world it would ever be necessary but if it is I don't have a problem with it.
We'll abolish taxes, the military and we'll all live happily ever after, having nothing forced upon us.
Dolts! This is the greatest country in the world hands down. That's why more people want to move here than any other place in the world. Why is this country great? Well sure, freedom is the number one reason. A close second is infrastructure. Do you know how nice it is to have indoor plumbing, paved roads to drive on, being able to drive at night without getting car jacked (for most of the country), electricity on 24 hours a day. I know what it's like to live in a country without those things. You think our governement officials are corrupt? You have no idea. A senator in my home country just demolished a $4 million mansion to rebuild a brand new more luxurious one in its place, while half the country starves.
Freedom and infrastructure!
To keep them require two things: a military and taxes.
I hate having to pay taxes but I know we need them. I don't want to die at the hand or bullet of a foriegn enemy serving in the military, but I know we need it also. If we needed to reinstate conscription in order to maintain the military (which is absurd BTW) then that's what we need to do.
Americans take their security, freedom and everyday conveniences for granted and it's freaking ridiculous. For the most part the loudest complainers would shrivel and die in a corner if the very complaints they were making were ever listened to and heeded.
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I've lived in the Tampa Bay area for 20 years and the storms are not that bad in the gulf coast. This particular season has been rough but it's the worst I've seen in twenty years. Before this living in Florida was a piece of cake... rain from 3pm to 5pm during the summers and beautiful weather the rest of the time.
I see a small point here but what you're suggesting sets a very bad precedent. You suggest that soldiers only fight the military battles that they feel are justified and right. NONSENSE. We elect leaders to make that distinction and soldiers go fight the wars. If the decision to fight a battle is a bad one then we, as a people, are to blame because the people elect the Commander in Chief.
You can't have every GI decide wether this battle is one I should be fighting or not. I certainly am not suggesting that soldiers disregard human rights and use the "I was just following orders" line to commit war crimes or anything like that, but within the confines of the law a soldier must follow orders. Our military must follow the orders of it's president. Without this structure in place you have chaos.
You cannot spend 200 years creating a great country and hope that no one comes by and tries to attack it or destroy it. The role of the federal government is to ensure the safety of it's people. NOTHING ELSE. We have diluted the role of the fed so much so that people lose site of this. Now the federal government is feeding people, paying for art, getting involved in gay marriage disputes, etc. I could give a crap about any of these issues. I'm sure that many of the people on 9-11 couldn't have cared less about these issues in their moment of crisis. Protect me and my family, that's all I ask of the fed. Leave the rest of that crap to the state and local govt's. To that end, IF IT IS NECESSARY, conscript. I don't think in todays world it would ever be necessary but if it is I don't have a problem with it.
Ok! Great idea.
We'll abolish taxes, the military and we'll all live happily ever after, having nothing forced upon us.
Dolts! This is the greatest country in the world hands down. That's why more people want to move here than any other place in the world. Why is this country great? Well sure, freedom is the number one reason. A close second is infrastructure. Do you know how nice it is to have indoor plumbing, paved roads to drive on, being able to drive at night without getting car jacked (for most of the country), electricity on 24 hours a day. I know what it's like to live in a country without those things. You think our governement officials are corrupt? You have no idea. A senator in my home country just demolished a $4 million mansion to rebuild a brand new more luxurious one in its place, while half the country starves.
Freedom and infrastructure!
To keep them require two things: a military and taxes.
I hate having to pay taxes but I know we need them. I don't want to die at the hand or bullet of a foriegn enemy serving in the military, but I know we need it also. If we needed to reinstate conscription in order to maintain the military (which is absurd BTW) then that's what we need to do.
Americans take their security, freedom and everyday conveniences for granted and it's freaking ridiculous. For the most part the loudest complainers would shrivel and die in a corner if the very complaints they were making were ever listened to and heeded.