Originally Posted by rabbit

yeah familiar with both. are you familiar with roosevelt's reasons for arming the US pre-ww2 and how all intelligence about perl harbour was ignored so that public sentiment could be turned around by the disaster that followed? after that, WW2 became politically viable. of course, financially it was viable long before that.

point being is that there are and always will be many places in the world where ideals are being threatened and many more where such threats can be fabricated. but if you think the government will fight for an ideal, you're as big of a sheep as they come. in the end, its all about money and i for one would never put 1 second of my life at risk so that some gun manufacturer can get his fat bonus.

but hey, many volunteer not caring what they fight for, they want access to an education, they want a job, they want to see action, they want to travel. and thats a choice i can respect.