During WWII, all Americans took part. Even if they weren't in the military they were on the "homefront". For a young man of fighting age it was considered "shameful" not to be in the military. On the bus or the train civilians gladly gave up their seats for soldiers, and in smaller towns soldiers ate and drank for free. Local police squads would take up collections and buy handguns to give to local soldiers going off to war. The amount of support was staggering, even though the war was thousands of miles away.
These days no one gives a fucking shit. It doesn't matter what your position is on what our country is doing; Our military MUST be supported at all costs. Our military doesn't want to go to war - war is hell - but the military follows orders and doesn't have a choice in the matter.
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Originally Posted by purecane73
we have been at war for 11 years....still haven't seen one bomb drop in my hood.
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But we haven't been at war at all really. The public seems to think it's a war, but it's not. A war is fought between two countries, and between the governments and militaries of two countries. We are not at war with Afghanistan or it's military, and we haven't been at war in Iraq or it's government or military either. People rant about how the horrible death rate for our soldiers there, but the truth is they are safer there than here in the US. The biggest killer of US Marines seems to be motorcycles here in the US instead of IEDs.