2007-11-13 11:26:34 · 20 answers · asked by 8lboreck 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The Military is not for everyone so in a word NO.
Vet-USAF
2007-11-13 11:31:47 · answer #1 · answered by ฉันรักเบ้า 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily cowards. Some people want to join but cannot. Others support military the best way they know how by showing support, sending care packages, even just saying a meaning thank you are just a few examples. I will say that those who serve are the best of us, they hear the nations' call and put their lives on the line. The people that are the cowards are the ones that take their political opinions and use it to attack military personal. Instead of petitioning congress for change that they want to see. And the people who pretend to be vets. Its shameful that there are people like this and my heart goes out to Vietnam vets that have meet these idiots. Makes me wonder in 30years from now will us OIF and OEF Vets have to deal with these wimps.
2007-11-13 22:45:36 · answer #2 · answered by Ragnar 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there seems to be a misconception that veterans are older people, that's not true. i'm thirty and i look i'm twenty-five, i'm a disabled vet but just because i don't look like it people judge me. it's a new generation of veteran and people don't realize that just yet.
as for the fact that we think younger people who don't serve or aren't going to serve are cowards that not true to a point. i will say that you are talking crap and 15 different types of smack about how soldiers are stupid for joining and we're poor and uneducated, then yes, that makes a person a coward. that person doesn't have the guts to do what a soldier does. we are here to defend democracy as we are not always able to practice it. thank a vet!
2007-11-13 22:26:39 · answer #3 · answered by rebel with a cause 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No... but I do consider anyone--whether they're my age, younger, or older--who blockade recruiting stations and shut recruiters up inside the building to protest the war to be the worst sort of coward. I saw some of these inconsiderate assclowns do this to the recruiting station I'd been recruited at just months after I came home, and I just about went ballistic. Not one of those people--most of which were shaggy local college kids--would ever have the balls to consider enlisting themselves. I returned to that recruiting station later and talked to the guys who had been locked up in there and they were fine... apparently those little terds do that sort of thing from time to time. I'm sorry, but you will never ever win any sympathy from me by adopting tactics like that. I especially don't have any respect for the opinion of those who claim to be against the war or the military if they themselves have never served nor have been involved in this war.
So if you're just an average joe who leads a productive life, have a job, earn your wages, but never served in the military--I've got no problem with you. If you've never been any use to anyone, never held down a job or had one for long, leech off your parents or society BECAUSE you can't hold down a job, and passionately protest about a war you know absolutely nothing about... you're god damn right that you're a coward.
(I don't mean YOU specifically... I mean "you" in the rhetorical sense.) =)
2007-11-13 19:42:04 · answer #4 · answered by ಠ__ಠ 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well considering that 90% of americans have never served in the military.
We would be calling a whole lot of people cowards if we did.
None of my really good friends now, ever served in the military.
It really just doesn't matter.
Serving is a personal choice.
About the only time something comes up, is when someone who never served, starts ranting about, lets invade them or lets go kick thier butts, etc.
But even then, only of they are going overboard about it.
2007-11-13 22:14:55 · answer #5 · answered by jeeper_peeper321 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cowards? Nothing so strong.
Not that I don't wonder, when I pass someone out in public, of military age who obviously has not signed up, has given the idea a fair hearing.
Others have said that the military is not for everyone and I don't mind amplifying that.
2007-11-13 19:49:32 · answer #6 · answered by RTO Trainer 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. I don't think so. Since only 15% of adult males between the ages of 18 and 26 can even meet the physical standards for enlistment, I can figure on the majority in that age group never wearing a military uniform.
2007-11-13 19:38:50 · answer #7 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Veterans do not judge others. As a veteran, I believe the real heros were those buried in places like Arlington National cemetary or Rock Island Arsenal or National Cemetary's in France. These are the Americans who made the supreme sacrifice.
I'm one of the lucky ones who was able to return home, get married, raise a family, enjoy my grandchildren and see my legacy grow before my very eyes. Do you think for a minute, I would volunteer those precious to me, or even encourage them to sacrifice their lives for me, or that which we hold dear.
If one of my family decided to join the service, I would support his decision, if on the other hand, he avoided military service, I would support that too. Each person must make up their own mind about what is important to him or her. It is not for me to judge!
2007-11-13 20:27:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not! Not everyone is cut out for the military, that is why a volunteer force is always the best answer. I do have a problem with people who talk about people in the military like they were dogs but yet never have the guts. You can support the military with out joining.
2007-11-13 19:58:02 · answer #9 · answered by 2nd AD/ 4th ID 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Do I think they are cowards (as a vet) no. It irritates me to no end though when some people tell me I am wrong for my support of a war when I was there, and they have not left the states (and no I do not include Mexico or Canada) ever.
2007-11-13 19:43:19 · answer #10 · answered by Alan C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. We understand that the military life is not meant for everyone. Only the select few will ever make the choice and only the elite of those few will stay in. The only heartburn I get about today's youth is the kids who take for granted what a soldier laid down his life to provide them with. They get to concerned with Starbucks, movies, dating, cell phones, and general rudeness. They just arent taught to respect military guys for the sacrifices they make, and the only ones to blame for that are the adults who know better.
2007-11-13 19:30:24 · answer #11 · answered by Charming Gentleman 3 · 7⤊ 0⤋