Is The Army Heroic?

The Big Daddy C-Master Big Daddy Living life to the fullest, and it feels great. I'm still here... for now... Posts: 26,387	Is The Army Heroic? Aug 9, 2015 18:55:29 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Big Daddy C-Master on Aug 9, 2015 18:55:29 GMT -5 Many people go around saying this popular phrase about the military being good and heroic, but is it true? Why or why not?
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JACK-2 Paragon Posts: 5,352	Is The Army Heroic? Aug 9, 2015 19:04:22 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by JACK-2 on Aug 9, 2015 19:04:22 GMT -5 It's just typical patriotism and nationalism. Military is just the sword of a nation and revolves around use of force.

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Is The Army Heroic? Aug 9, 2015 19:08:44 GMT -5

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Aug 9, 2015 19:04:22 GMT -5 JACK-2 said:

It's just typical patriotism and nationalism. Military is just the sword of a nation and revolves around use of force.

Militaries are good and useful depending on how they're used. Being the police force around the world and meddling in other's affairs isn't one of them.

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JACK-2 Paragon Posts: 5,352	Is The Army Heroic? Aug 9, 2015 19:15:46 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by JACK-2 on Aug 9, 2015 19:15:46 GMT -5 So, what do you think about invading non-democratic countries?

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JACK-2 Paragon Posts: 5,352	Is The Army Heroic? Aug 9, 2015 19:18:23 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by JACK-2 on Aug 9, 2015 19:18:23 GMT -5 I agree, it makes no sense to try to be the policeman of the world if you're broke. Maybe if took care of our finances. We can't afford nation building.

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Is The Army Heroic? Aug 9, 2015 20:02:19 GMT -5

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Aug 9, 2015 19:18:23 GMT -5 JACK-2 said:

I agree, it makes no sense to try to be the policeman of the world if you're broke. Maybe if took care of our finances. We can't afford nation building.

Doing un-American things is why we're broke. What right do we have to force our morality on others anyways? It's against what we stand for?

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magicattack C-Tier Posts: 314	Is The Army Heroic? Aug 9, 2015 22:36:33 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by magicattack on Aug 9, 2015 22:36:33 GMT -5 We have always done it. No sense stopping now.

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Is The Army Heroic? Aug 9, 2015 23:59:38 GMT -5

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Aug 9, 2015 22:36:33 GMT -5 magicattack said:

We have always done it. No sense stopping now.

Well at one time we did have a more defensive country, but somewhere along the line we found it profitable to do it. Now we're broke so I'm not sure why we're defending other countries and not being paid to do it to boot.

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magicattack C-Tier Posts: 314	Is The Army Heroic? Aug 10, 2015 6:45:10 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by magicattack on Aug 10, 2015 6:45:10 GMT -5 When? The US has been at war over 90% of the time since we became a country. Our longest stretch of peace was immediately prior to WWII.

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Is The Army Heroic? Aug 10, 2015 7:55:39 GMT -5

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Aug 10, 2015 6:45:10 GMT -5 magicattack said:

When? The US has been at war over 90% of the time since we became a country. Our longest stretch of peace was immediately prior to WWII.

Well of course we had the war which made us a nation. Then we had conflict to acquire the land that the Native Americans had. Through some of that time we had wars over more defensive reasons or certain conflicts between other entities that led to war. Depending on the reason for the conflict I'm not completely against it. Many wars are about stealing property which I'm against too.

The government sticking its nose into other country's affairs and sending agents over to influence/remove leaders and trying to police everything is not something I'm for. Especially when we're broke.

One thing is certain, it seems like we lost these wars, because we have to give up freedoms every time. Things like the income tax, patriot act, draft, are all a part of these wars. The government finds ways to put bad laws in during desperation by drumming up "patriotism".

We've also had "Wars" on things like poverty and drugs, and we've lost those too.

I think we need to cut back on it as it's counter-productive.

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