Those in military service are the BOTTOM of the totem pole. We The People are at the top. WE'RE responsible for what our nation does in our name! All the whining about "THEY" got us into this and ""THEY" don't listen and it's "THEIR" fault is just a grand cop-out. Expecting people who've sworn an oath, and have placed their liberties "in trust," to take an even greater risk to their lives and liberties and violate their oath is appallingly noxious to me. It's OUR job!
When I agreed to serve and took the oath upon induction, it was an act of faith and trust in our democratic form of government and the PEOPLE who comprise a "Nation." A "nation" isn't dirt, it's people. Guys (and gals) in their late teens or twenties are just starting out and have a lot to learn. While "adults" in the legal sense, we were apprentices ... citizens in training. As long as we TEACH the ideals of our nation, we'd damned well ought to live up to them!
The exceptions DON'T become the rule ... they PROVE the rule. In the final analysis, it's up to The People to take responsibility for their own governance... whether they're Egyptian, Syrian, Iraqi, Afghan, French, American, or any other. Some take responsibility for their own governance by emigrating to a country they prefer. (Unless it's Canada while they await an "ally-ally-in-free." Others step up and do what's NECESSARY.
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