As far as I know the soldiers are the ones dying over there, I would love to hear from them directly either on the tele or over the net. It is the soldiers who should decide when enough is enough, not some stuck up pollie sitting behind a huge desk, I say let the soldiers finish their job as no-one likes to leave a job half done.
2007-10-16 11:57:26 · 10 answers · asked by carcotacisim2001 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I learned that once I signed on that line and swore that oath, my opinion on the war became irrevelent. I was trained to follow orders and excute them. This prepared me well for this war because sometimes you don't have time to hesitate an order, you got to move your ass at that second or get killed. We in the military all know that the possibility of dying or going to war is a part of what we do just like flipping burgers is a job at McDonalds. Why cry about our job, its the freakin military for crying out loud. I do have personal feelings about the war but what would my feelings solve. It is easy to pick at the people in charge when your not them. I know I don't want that job right now. Someone has to fight for our country and someone has to die. I had to realize before I signed that that person is me. I love America and my family enough to risk doing a job that only 1% of our citizens do. You hear so much about whether this war is wrong or not but I rarely hear about the good we are doing. I stare the Iraqis in the eye and I see the children's faces. If soldiers could whine and complain at everything we liked or did not like we would never get anything done because the Army is full of diversity with different people and views. If we did not like something so we just don't do it then we would be civilians. Our job is not to make laws, rules or regulations. Our job is to serve and execute the orders of those appointed over us. We leave the decisions making up to the people we protect and leave behind. We protect your rights so you can exercise them. So as a paratrooper, I ask that those of you that don't serve, get up and exercise the rights we defend. Help protect us when and where you can so we can do our jobs when and wherever that may be and then come home.
2007-10-16 12:50:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look in general, most people serve because that is their vocation. They may not always agree with the mission but once a mission is assigned, they want to complete it.
The thing that ticks off military people more than anything is when politicians interfere with their mission and when the press misreports what they're doing.
While military personnel come from all political spectrums, nothing alienates them more than idiots accusing them of all sorts of autrocities, especially people who claim that they've been there and weren't.
Yes, Martha, there are phonies out there. And yes, there are a few morons out there but the vast, and I mean vast majority are stand up people who are doing a job and they're doing a darned good job.
What they want is a little support from the homefront not attacks on their chain of command.
2007-10-16 19:10:46 · answer #2 · answered by jeelbear 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
being a soldier is about responsibility and discipline. And not about politics. We all know we millions of people all over the world suffer just so me and you can live nice. The soldiers know it to. THey just do there joB! and honestly they know the government is full of crap. BUt like i said its about discipline and responsibility and being marketable in the working world!
2007-10-16 19:05:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The politicians are the ones in charge, that is the way our system is set up.
The military utimately answers to the POTUS, he is the Commander in chief of the military.
2007-10-16 19:04:05 · answer #4 · answered by Bubba 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If a building was collapsing and you were holding it up, knowing you MIGHT hold it up, but the guy making the decision is eating pizza, would you prefer to wait to get the job done before, or after he's done with his pizza, knowing you might die, but hey, its a good pizza?
2007-10-16 19:08:01 · answer #5 · answered by charlie the 2na 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well John, that's not the way it works in this country. The President says go and they go. No if ands or buts about it.
As for what they think. Check out youtube and see for yourself. Try searching for insurgent.
2007-10-16 19:01:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
U.S. Soldiers follow orders without hesitation and with deadly precision. feel free to quote this knowledge anytime.
2007-10-16 19:02:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
It is not their decision. They decided they wanted to serve our country so they must do what the President, etc wants to. Just because they are over there does not mean that all of them agree with this war. It is really sad.
2007-10-16 19:01:38 · answer #8 · answered by megp 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
The people in the military are not paid or trained to have opinions. They are trained to fight and win wars. If they are not happy, they don't have to reenlist.
it is not up to the military to decide which wars to fight or not to fight. It is up to the US government.
2007-10-16 19:01:40 · answer #9 · answered by regerugged 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
my brother in law is in the army and he goes to iraq so if you got questions ask me!!!
2007-10-16 19:01:26 · answer #10 · answered by saidey k 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋