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>>> And in honouring your veterans you honour the war too. They have done nothing for your or your country or this world. Nothing of honour. They simply where bullying a third world country.
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>>You have a point, but it's a bit more complex.
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>>Iraq and Afghanistan were invaded by an all-volunteer force. Those people asked to be there.
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>When any other country sends all-volunteers, they're called mercenaries.
...and a lot of these "volunteers" are poor who are doing it for the paycheck, not because they feel a duty to the country. --- oh yeah what you said -- same thing.
The other problem with volunteers vs everyone being in service for a little while is that we are probably quicker to go to war. If everyone has to serve then everyone has skin-in-the-game -- some politicians will be less likely to vote for a war when members of their own family are in the Army vs a bunch of poor people that don't give a crap about.
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