Religious Fanatics and War

Originally Posted by Danzig188

my son joined the military when he could have easily gone to college or gotten a job. it's what he wanted to do. just like my brother is a fireman because he wanted to be one. my dad was a policeman. my husband and i were both in, because we wanted it. didn't buy any lies, i didn't worry about the gi bill, neither did my husband.
people sometimes tend to try to simplify things, or label things. why people go into the military for instance. just because it doesn't appeal to some, doesn't mean it wouldn't appeal to anyone.
my son is very smart, had enough intelligence to qualify for nuke training to work on the plants on aircraft carriers. he's no dummy, nor is he naive.

DTS is one of those very good people that has good intentions but he has this perception of the military that is way out there. Many people in the Democratic Party think this same way and they are killing the party with their anti-military nonsense. You are the second person on this thread, and I will be the third, that know many people in the military that chose it because they wanted to. Not everyone in the military is a right wing republican and not everyone is a democrat either. It leans slightly to the right primarily because there are so many leftwing lunatics out there that live in a fantasy world that think anyone in the military is a baby killer. These are the same pathetic people that spit on soldiers when they returned from Vietnam (I am not saying DTS is one of those, before he jumps down my throat).

Last I checked a guy named Pat Tillman gave up millions of an NFL salary because he felt it was his duty to go serve in the military. The idiots in the Bush White House exploited his death and lied, but that should surprise nobody. The point is there is a big difference between phony draft dodger types like George W and Bill Clinton, and people that really feel a call to serve their country.