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In Reply to: RE: WWII was a different situation. Not volunteer. We had been attacked. posted by tinear on January 17, 2015 at 21:17:52

My "friend" had the second worse job in the Military...He was MP and the first line of interrogation to determine whether the prisoners were farmers, shepherds, merchants or terrorists'...he worked with interpreters during the first process interviews...one of the reasons they liked him in that position, he could pick up foreign languages extremely quickly and his day job was a probation officer with a really good BS detector...Once he learned language, he would play dumb the first half of the interview and then do second half of the interview he would conduct in their language...

He felt his JOB or DUTY was not to put terrorists back on the street...he saved lives by making sure prisoners were friend or foe...kind of important gig...

thanks
Mark

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My point was that canonizing military personnel, glorifying what they do, - tinear 08:42:18 01/18/15 (0)
is ultimately to glory in death, itself.
Throughout history, do we worship the Mongols, Vikings, and all military conquerors? Is bloodlust that rare that it needs to be promoted?
The US hasn't been attacked since Pearl Harbor, by a foreign military. Yet, we've pretty much non-stop engaged in wars, in our hemisphere and around the globe. Is a lack of militarism a problem, considering that?
We just ended two wars; is it time to glorify them?
The film was called, "American Sniper." Why the emphasis?
Anyhow, many folks disagree with me, I'm okay with that.

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