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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am personally sick of the "troop love" everyone in the military is a hero sentiment.  Let's face it 80% of those enlisted (not officers) would be flipping burgers if they did not have the military as an option.  It is a glorified welfare system[/quote]

You are an asshole!  You get to sleep peacefully at night because of "those enlisted"!  You should go and see "those enlisted" over at Walter Reed Medical Center with no arms/legs; then come back and let us know if they don't deserve some "troop love".  Would you have felt the same if your child joined?[/quote]

I didn't respond to the posters who are so anti military. But I do want to say this. I have two sons in the Army. Both are enlisted. One graduates from college in a few weeks. The other starts college in 9 months. Both served in Afghanistan. One did tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq. At one point I had two boys serving in a war zone at the same time-one with the 82nd Airborne and the other with a combat engineer battalion. Both were injured while overseas, thankfully not seriously.

I post only to say-your words have power and today your words hurt me deeply. I know I am just some random Internet stranger. But I am a real person who nearly lost a son overseas. When I say your words hurt, I mean they literally made me cry.  I think that says a whole lot more about you than it does me or my boys.

One more thing...My dad is a retired two star General and my husband was an officer before he joined the FBI. I've spent most of my life around troops. You reference "enlisted" as welfare people. NO ONE I know in the military, Officer or otherwise, would ever refer to our young soldiers that way. [/quote]

NP here.  I don't exactly share the sentiment of the previous poster (e.g. about flipping burgers) and I'm sorry that you are hurt by it.  However, I don't think that the entire country has to glorify the work of the military.  I didn't ask your son to go to Afghanistan or Iraq.  In fact, I'd rather they stayed home safely with you.  This jingoistic bullshit about fighting for freedom just rubs me the wrong way.  If your family wants to devote your lives to the military that's great for you and I recognize that it involves sacrifices, but I don't understand why I have to thank you for doing something that I didn't ask for and don't support.  There are plenty of other people in the country (yourself included) who will pat your sons on the back.  If my own child chose to join the military I would be worried for him and stressed about it, but I wouldn't be grateful.[/quote]

But that's kind of the point, isn't it? No one suggested you "thank" my boys for their service, although it's always nice when someone does. There is another option. Try being kind and showing compassion. I promise you, our soldiers aren't 't fighting for some abstract concept of "freedom". They are fighting for the guy standing next to them in the foxhole. You may not agree with this conflict , but you can't possibly believe we don't need a strong, well-trained military. Not sure how much you know about the military, but here's a clue- they don't take a vote before going to war. [/quote]

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