It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
Originally posted by projectvxn
I dont want your worship. That's stupid. I do what I believe is right for me and the country. Your opinion of that belief is inconsequential to me as well. I dont need approval, adoration, or "worship". Just ignore me. I wear camo to not be seen anyway.edit on 24-6-2012 by projectvxn because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by EvanB
As a soldier I do not fight for you, or my country but for the guy or girl next to me.. I do not want or need your acknowledgements... I do the job I was born to do and am very good at it.. The only acknowledgement I respect is that off my fellow soldiers.. All this "thanks for your service" nonsense is embarrassing..
I do however expect to be given the entitlements due when leaving the forces..
The countries end of the military covenant.. I.e. Housing, a chance to work, and healthcare if I get injured in war and become disabled... I do not expect to be spat on either, as this will result in a hospital visit for the spitter...
In other words.. Love us, hate us, I dont care...
Just dont get in my face.....
Originally posted by michaelbrux
reply to post by bigfatfurrytexan
sorry to tell you, but I've learned a terrible secret over the last 6.5 years. i won't go into what that secret is, but I will tell you that even if there were no military there will be wars...even these threads, where people debate and exchange ideas is a type of warfare; psychological, social and cultural and in many ways a type far more efficient and effective than what would be called traditional.
i'm not saying there are not people in this world that consider war to be an opportunity to make some money...that much is obvious. I see all the advertisements, but ultimately, war is very real and they are and will be fought for very real reasons.
Originally posted by beezzer
reply to post by petrus4
DON'T WORSHIP THE TROOPS.
Soldiers are not gods. They are men and women who are trying to do the right thing.
Now whether you believe it's the right thing or not, is moot.
I don'thate union members.
I don't hate liberals.
I don't hate vegans.
I don't hate PETA members.
I respect that "they" think they are doing the right thing.
Don't want to say thanks?
Fine. Sometimes it gets embarrassing.
But actively spit on us, you might find we have issue with that.
Just ignore us. Turn your back. We don't want worship when we get home.
Actually, a job and an oppourtunity to work would be nice.
Originally posted by michaelbrux
reply to post by stanguilles7
Treat the cause, not the symptom...
maybe we shouldn't worship science, specifically chemistry, since chemists are producing all the hot new designer drugs; which caused far more deaths that wars. 37,485 drug related deaths 2009; which is just higher than traffic deaths...maybe we should stop producing drivers while we're trying to save lives.
everytime I have a conversation like this....where it leads is always to the same place. NOTHINGNESS.
believe in nothing, embrace nothing, become nothing...
Originally posted by Nicolas Flamel
I hate wars as much as anyone (sane), but people like Hitler and his thugs had to be stopped. Only force could stop them or they would still be killing innocent people today.
Originally posted by michaelbrux
Some of you military bashers need to put your heads on straight.
Fact: Politicians and Lawmakers and by extension the people that elected them are responsible for the wars.
the soldiers that fight in them do what is asked of them and are not capable starting a war;
Originally posted by neo96
Idolotry is a cancer in this country and the world be it politicians or folks in uniform, and there is a clear difference between worship and respect for those who made it possible for all of us to sit here and run our mouths til our little hearts content,
Same crap different day, and if people have a problem with the military take it up with our civilian leadership because they are the ones who starts wars,and send those men and women into harms way.
Originally posted by michaelbrux
Some of you military bashers need to put your heads on straight.
Fact: Politicians and Lawmakers and by extension the people that elected them are responsible for the wars.
the soldiers that fight in them do what is asked of them and are not capable starting a war;
edit- Some of the Vietnam protesting went too far though. We cant blame the troops. We must blame the governments. I do not think we should worship the troops but they do deserve our respect.