A Devaluation of the Idea of Heroism

[JayhawkSD]

6. And I could not disagree more with you.

It does not matter why they were sent, it matters why they go.

They did not sign up to promote the Republican agenda or the Democratic agenda. They did not sign up to promote "American exceptionalism" or "American hegemony." They did not sign up to promote American control of the world. The government may have sent them to Afghanistan for any or all of these reasons, but that is not why they joined the military and that is not why they served.

From "A Rabble In Arms" by Kenneth Roberts comes a quote that sums it up.
"They go to war, these young men, not to die for their country, but to place themselves, their precious lives, between their home and the forces which would destroy it."

The fact that they may not actually be doing that, the fact that they may have been misled by the leaders of this country and that their mission may be based on lies, does not detract from the purpose for which they serve.