Thread: Wounded  Veterans

proverse said You speak as someone who has never seen war, which is understandable. You are mistaken on many parts of your view though. First, I have never met a soldier who joined in order to get revenge. Believe it or not, most people join the military in order to support their families and better their family's life the best they can. Others join as a way to pay for college or as a way to get some type of technical skill that they can use once their service is done. Yes, some join as a sense of duty or they feel they owe a debt to their country which is in war. The majority of people who join the military, stay in less than six years, doing their time and returning to the civilian world. Less than 1 of the US population is in the military and only a small percentage of those are actual trigger pullers. Most people who serve are some type of support job, i.e. driving trucks, fueling vehicles, doing paperwork. These people joined on the promise that their country would take care of them and support them in exchange for their selfless service. To deny that, especially now that the wars are drawing down and the government is trying to cut military benefits is wrong. Yes, they joined or are serving in a time of war, but they did not choose which conflicts their country fights. To say any of these people don't deserve treatment or help because of injuries they obtained while serving their country is inhumane to me. You can dislike a war, but you act as if denying treatment to wounded soldiers is a reasonable way to show your disapproval. To say their sacrifices will be in vain is also strange to me. Yes, governments may fail, but these people gave their lives in support of a cause that was bigger than themselves just by serving. Lastly, the notion that soldiers just slaughter civilians is absurd. Yes, atrocities and mistakes have happened, but believe me those people are quickly weeded out. Soldiers are told to protect themselves and defend themselves, but are under constant scrutiny by their superiors. Investigations are started every time a soldier engages a target. I have never met anyone that just goes around waiting to kill civilians. Those casualties do happen, but not from only US soldiers, but from anti-US forces too. Terrorists would be killing the civilians with or without us here, but I acknowledge US presence increases those numbers. We live in a country where universal healthcare is now a thing. I don't see how someone who does nothing but leech off the government and provides no service to society is considered entitled to healthcare and a soldier who willingly serves in a conflict whose country deemed necessary is told that their benefits are cut and they don't deserve treatment. It is in the best interest of this country to support those wounded veterans and give them the treatment they need. War has a different affects on everyone, but I promise you that if you served you would want treatment if you were wounded. Click to expand... They can always get a job outside of the military, but granted with our economy and how there is always a demand for soldiers I can see why people join. I said I don't feel bad for them not I don't want them to get treated. I was mistaken I meant to say over 200,000 civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan died, with only a small number resulting from troops killing civilians. However, 180,000 combatants were killed in Iraq alone so I think were even now. Trygon said How about for a job ? Dunno if you noticed, but those are precious right now. Or family tradition, or college, or hell, even ideals that you don't share. Any one of a hundred reasons that only a very smallminded person could fail to see. Click to expand... So they join and kill people for a paycheck then? What makes them better than mercenaries? Yes continue with the personal attacks they really augment your position.