Reply #11: "It was their choice to join"

[sandnsea]

This is used as an excuse by a few on the left and more on the right to have no compassion for the conditions the troops are in and or for the deaths of the troops or the suffering of their families. On the left it is more of a they made their bed; on the right it is more they chose to make the sacrifice. Neither one of these are sufficient excuses not to be concerned about the ramifications of this war and they wouldn't be there at all with a draft. The real discussions about war have been deemed unnecessary by too many because nobody's dying that didn't sign up to die. Which ignores so much that doesn't need repeating here.

I have a 17 year old, no I'm not in favor of the draft. But this volunteer army is a weird thing too. It's changed the dynamics of the debate and that is scary.

And while sometimes in moments of frustration I feel like the idiots ought to just get what they deserve, no I do not see any benefit in promoting bad ideas in order to punish the idiots. It's like letting your kid run out in the street so he knows what it's like to get hit by a car. There's less painful ways to learn.