Who thinks the American and British soldiers are heros?

Question

I am a tolerant, accepting person.
The horrors of these past years and the stupidity of these fanatasists have really made me feel like we should be kissing the feet of our lads for putting their lives on the line to protect us.
I do not want my country to become Islamic and live under Sharia law and it makes me angry that terrorists think they can force me.
GOD BLESS ALL THOSE THAT FIGHT FOR US.

In response to Rvadel... I live in Britain, which is on the whole very successfully multi-cultural. The British born suicide bombers stated in their suicide videos their main aim was to make Britain an Islamic state.

Answer 1

I'm a Brit ex military / served in many parts of the commonwealth and also served with the US special forces in Vietnam and elswhere! I don't consider myself a hero. Just a guy who served in the military because being a soldier appealed to me. Its only when the shooting started I realised I could get my butt shot off or even a lot worse! Eventually it happened and I had to muster out!

I'm not prepared to let Islam overtake or rule any country. I've seen what they've done to men, women and children! They have no honour, they have nothing! I've killed them - If I got attacked or caught up in it again I'd do the same! Then the nutter law in the UK and its legal whizz kids would come after me to put me away for life, while giving Islams lunatics in the UK carte blanche to do everything! I do wish a fight in the UK would start, the first guys I'd knock off would be the politicians of 30/40 years back who let filthy Arab Islamic Scum into my country and today support their every move!

Answer 2

We need a lot more understanding from both sides of the arguement here.
To the soldiers, nobody can question their bravery, they carry out orders and do as they are instructed..does that make them heros...and are they fighting for our freedom, or the hidden agendas from the terrible Bush administration, who was once in cahoots with the Bin Laden family, lining his own pockets.
Why, and nobody can give me a satisfactory answer, did Bush attack an oil rich state, and totally ignore one of the other axis of evil states, North Korea, which has a far worse human rights history than Iraq.
I am a christian by the way, and we should all not get carried away with the views of just a handful of people that want Sharia law...its not the mainstream
There was no proven link from Iraq to the 9/11 terrorists, and no weapons of mass destruction...therefore the war in Iraq is not justified, and Iraq is now sliding in to civil war, and a worse and more dangerous place than before.
I agreed with the war at first, but I am big enough to say, now that I know more, that we made a mistake.I feel so sad for the thousands of Iraqi people and their great suffering, and also the suffering of our soldiers and their worried families.
Bring the boys home..its a war that will never be won, and shouldnt have happened...time we all admitted it before we lose another 1000 men , not to mention the Iraqui casualties

Answer 3

Some of them certainly are, and some of them are deadbeats, slackers, malingerers, and cowards. BEING a soldier doesn't make you a hero. That is a status reserved for a very few. It is the epitome of self sacrifice and courage.

Calling every soldier a hero denigrates those that actually go above and beyond. Some are there for revenge, some out of religious hatred, some to dodge bullets long enough to get an education, some for the adrenaline rush, and some just couldn't find any other decent job.

There are as many reasons for service as there are those serving. They are not all selfless, protectors of virtue.

Soldiers are, for the most part, courageous for accepting to serve. Courage and heroism are not interchangeable.

Answer 4

you know I am soooooooo pleased that you mentioned BOTH the USA and the English in the same breath as they are fighting side by side and yet as a Brit living here in the USA as the wife of a us military person and who has both husband and son serving it makes my heart cry when over here it is almost as if the Americans are the only ones EVER getting shot at .

whether I believe in the damm war makes no difference to whether they come home safe and sound but I feel they are doing what they feel is the right thing and my son joined knowing full well he may be sent.

Answer 5

I think soldiers can be heroic in certain situations. Certainly what the soldiers do in Iraq (Allied and Iraqi) and all over the world can be considered heroic. But heroes come in all sizes and shapes, countries and regions, etc. And one is not a hero simply because he/she has joined the military. And by the way, you will not live in Sharia Law.

Answer 6

I don't think so, at least not in the macro. You're assuming that sending soldiers into other nations (like Iraq) has something to do with protecting against terrorists at home. I don't see the connection. Military actions in the Middle East have provoked more hatred and inspired more young men to become terrorists than would have ever existed if we had not started rolling out the military onto everyone's front doorstep.

Answer 7

The soldiers are great men, the war is questionable, but the men fighting in it are just as honourable as any other war. These men go into battle with a lack of equipment while fighting a war that may never be able to be won. May God, the gods, fate, karma/whatever bless/protect/honour these men and women.

Answer 8

My son is currently stationed in Afghanistan. Three weeks ago my good friend told me his son was killed while serving in Afghanistan and I attended his funeral. I watched as my friend was handed a medal and flag for his son's life. His son was 27. I watched as grown, combat hardened soldiers cried for there fallen comrad telling the story of his valiant efforts to draw the enemy fire away from his men only to have his own weapon jam-up. Thats when the RPG hit him.
My wife was crying and shaking as this took place and praying for our son to come home safely.
I recently called my son and asked him if he knew about my friends son. He said "yes dad". "I was the one who was on body detail that day and took a Humvee out to the battle area and scooped up what was left of David and put him in a bodybag." My son told me more in that sentence than he has ever said about his service in this war.
Some say that this war is for oil. Others want to know why none of our leaders son's or daughters are over there fighting the war.
Still others rant and rave like they know all about it, but thier kids are at home tucked away in bed.
Whatever the reasons WAR IS WAR & KILLING IS KILLING.
I agree:God Bless all those that fight for us!

Answer 9

Any soldier serving a free Democratic nation is a HERO, not just america and britain

Answer 10

God Bless the United States of America, our President and all of our military personell stationed around the World.