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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd have my kids committed for intense psychological evaluations and if by some miracle they were found to be sane I'd disown them.

Obviously, not a fan of the military here, to put it lightly. My two oldest kids who are in grad school basically considered joining the military as much as they considered joining the circus. [/quote]

You are a peach.  Do you spit on our soldiers that are protecting our freedoms?

Do you like the fact that we are not run by the Nazis (no hyperbola there....really...the military saved us from that fate in WWII).

DO you like the fact that we are (mostly) terrorism free since 2001?

The members of the military protect us...some pay the ultimate sacrifice, and some come back different and harmed.  But, they are heroes.  They are why you can post your disdain for them in a public forum.[/quote]
Don't be ridiculous, Hitler never planned to cross the Atlantic.  Typical American habit to claim credit for everything good that happened in history. The Nazis were already rolling back to Berlin by the time Americans got their boots on the ground. You want to thank someone for not being run by the Nazis, as far-fetched as it is, thank Mr. Stalin and the millions who died at the Eastern Front. Moron.[/quote]

Agree. [/quote]

First of all, we do not know what would have happened in WWII had the US not joined...Best case scenario is a long term stalemate.  More likely, with Germany fighting a one front war, they would have defeated Russia, as all of the resource would have been focused on that.  Then, they would have knocked out the UK...And probably gone after America...not sure, really, as it would be logistically challenging.  However, A Hitler/Nazi europe would have been really really bad.  I am sure we would have had a full scale nuclear war by now.  The US intervention meant that germany had to worry about the southern and western fronts..So, while Russia/Stalin did much of the ground work, they would have had a much more difficult time.  Also, a Stalin controlled europe -- from Russia to France would have been really bad for us long term too.

The military saved us in WWII.....probably for the first time since the revolutionary war.

[b]In the current conflicts, they have kept the adversaries in the middle east instead rather than here.[/b]

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Not the case with Iraq.

Listen, I have a huge amount of respect for the members of our military, even when the wars our government sends them off to fight are unnecessary,& think they deserve far better benefits & medical treatment than they often receive. My father is a Vietnam vet who still battles PTSD & I was named after his brother who was killed over there.So I understand all too well -- as best any civilian whose never faced deploymen &/or armed conflict ever can, at least-- the price these men & women pay in service to our country. But to claim that all (or even most) of the wars this country's military has fought over the past 60+ years were necessary to preserve our freedoms or ensure our domestic safety is naive & even dangerous, as it both allows & encourages our elected officials to continue to send these brave men & women into harms way for dubious reasons, knowing that they will have the support a large segment of voters who are blinded by patriotism.

(NP, BTW)[/quote]

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