are the soldiers pro war?

Question

i mean... i guess no one can answer except for the soldiers them selves, but i was always wondering are they for or against the war in iraq? or they mabe neutral? just doing what they believe in?? or are they like me... not pro war not anti war.. just pro freedom?

Answer 1

Soldiers accept the risks in order to preserve freedom. They understand that war is necessary to achieve peace. They know today's mission is of great consequence.

War is their job. It is not a job that look forward to doing but one that they understand must be done, because if they don't no one will and hence freedom will be lost. They understand that they are protecting their fellow citizens and their freedoms whether those citizens use that right to pat them on the back or stab them in the back with war protests and false allegations.

I'm a veteran and have been to both fronts in the war on terror more than once.

Answer 2

As a 22 year Veteran of the US Air Force, a Vietnam Veteran and a retired Master Sergeant I think I can answer your question with some authority. I will try to express the feeling of most of the men and women I served with. And, incidentally, it happens to be my feelings as well.

We, the American warriors, aren't pro war. We are, as you put it, pro freedom and pro America. We don't relish going into harms way. After all, who will be the first to die? It won't be a civilian going to Wal Mart to pick up a dozen eggs and a loaf of bread. It will be an American fighting man or woman. The biggest difference, as I see it, is that we understand there are times when there are simply no other options. As a friend once said, "Nukes, when kindness fails". It was meant in jest but there is a certain element of truth there that many understand and simultaneously many don't.

The military is like an insurance policy. You pour money into your car and home insurance with a genuine hope that you will never have to use those policies. Well we support a standing army because there are times when they are absolutely necessary. And, that standing army willingly goes to do battle with our enemies because it is absolutely necessary. If I was capable and still in uniform I would be there doing my part to win. As it is, I am an old soldier and can do little more than try to explain what we do and why we do it.

I hope this helps you in some small way.

There is one additional point I would like to make. It is a bit off topic but I think it may serve to compliment my answer.

We no longer live in a Pre WW II world. We can not afford to maintain a tiny Army or no Army at all. When WW II broke out we had time to load our guns. I.E. we had time to draft and train a military, we had time to build ships and planes etc. etc. Today we don't have the luxury of time. Essentially a full out war will be over in weeks, perhaps even days. So like a cop in a gun fight, all we have is the ammunition already loaded in the guns. I.E. the warriors currently trained, the ships already at sea, planes in the air etc. etc. Just like your insurance, you have to have it when the need arises, the insurance company won’t let you buy it after the fact and file a claim.

Answer 3

I was in the first Persian Gulf war and I thought it was not an American war. I was not opposed to fighting to protect the oil supply. Without oil the US dies! That's a fact.
But the Arabs should have solved the problem on their own. The only good result was that at least it had UN sanction. But it was a joke. We beat up on a tenth-rate Army that the first President Bush and the news media made into this ten-foot tall giant. Most of the guys I knew just wanted to get it over with and get the heck out of the middle-east. If we encountered someone who was "happy" to be going to war we would have called him an idiot.
We never once thought we were fighting for freedom or some other ideological nonsense. We were regular Army soldiers and did as we were ordered to do. Otherwise we would have preferred not being there.

Answer 4

I think the ones that signed up after we had been in the war for awhile and knew we were going to send them over there would have to at least be pro freedom and maybe even pro war but you might have to ask a soldier him or herself. Then again when are they coming back so you can ask them?

Answer 5

I have been deployed 5 times since I joined the Army in 95. We believe in the war for different reasons. Many of us don't agree with all of the reasons for the invasion, but we realize that we are there, and it has to be finished. May of us felt that is was matter of time before Saddam had to be taken out, one way or another. A lot of us felt that since the first Desert Storm.

We also know that our enemies are real. Those enemies are in Iraq now. You can argue that maybe they were not prior to the invasion, but they are there now.

Answer 6

Soldiers don't make policy, they carry them out, They don't start wars but are the first to defend. That's what makes me proud to be an American.

Answer 7

without war there are no longer any squaddies. the element is that the folk in the armed centers actively volunteered themselves, understanding the outcomes. you will no longer be able to truly assume all and sundry thats 'professional war' to contain our armed centers. no longer all and sundry is cut back out to be in the militia.

Answer 8

Retired Army and I have been to Iraq three times.

I would have to say my main motivation for serving in Iraq is to finish the job so my children don't have to serve in Iraq...

Answer 9

Every soldier is different they all have different oppinions alot just want to do the best job they can and just make it home safe to their family.

Answer 10

My father believes in it.

Just yesterday he called us and told us about how they were going through a city and he found a pile of rubble. He went through it, and there were about 20 bombs ready to explode in 15 minutes.