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Originally Posted by PR_Glen
Is it the government and politicians that fight these wars? Of course not, so ask any soldier why they fight and I promise you you wont find one that says it is for the greed of their government, they fight because they believe in what they are doing. Even if they change their minds in the aftermath if they truly believed they were killing to make their government rich they would have abandoned their post in a heart beat...
Nobody is condoning war here, I don't like it either, but stating that soldiers are only fighting for money and greed IS in fact an act of dishonouring them, whether you think it does or not, especially on a day like today.
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A couple years ago I was sitting in the bar at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam and an American soldier walked in and sat next to me. We started talking about a ton of different things, one being the war in Iraq. He was on leave from Iraq to go see his sick son at home. He hated the fact he was in Iraq, he did not believe they were there for the right reason. He was suppose to only do 1 tour, he was currently on his 4th I believe he said. He said they were fighting a war that can never be one and the only reason they were there was for greed. He had some incredible stories let me tell you.