It was just that your comments could be interpreted in more ways than one Marlin. One way it could have been interpreted was that you thought it was "kind of neat" that riots were occurring around the world. As a member of the military after all, it has to be admitted that riots around the world translates into possible job security for you.
And to think that the wars in question in the gulf have nothing to do with "us" to me personally seems to be completely ignoring past U.S. administration and/or business policies and actions that have domino'd into the situations that have played a part in those very same wars today. If members of the military are not conscious of those realities and take that ignorance into the "homelands" of the people who live there, it becomes no wonder why people in various other parts of the world hate us at this point. It's just another version of the "think global, act local" philosophy.
As for the people of the U.S. voting for war, it's always been my understanding that is the responsibility of congress. But considering that government in general seems to be more for itself and big business special interests these days (at the expense of the 99%), it becomes a very convenient rationalization for people who have "volunteered" to suck on their individual portion of that government teet (as a member of the military) as they conveniently overlook what their particular job title actually means on a personal conscientious level in the "homelands" of others.
So before you two continue impugning the honor of others to justify your own decisions and current situations, you might want to stop and consider for a moment that there are those who actually questioned the military on a pragmatic level regarding some of the things it represents (besides what is promoted in their tv commercials) BEFORE making the decision to join so as not to have to face the possibility of later deciding they'd had enough and only THEN resigning as the only "honorable" thing to do.
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