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Originally Posted by Red October1984
I'm going to say this good and clear. I do not admire the enemy. I do not see fame and glory in going to war. I highly respect those that do go to war. I have a good amount of family members in the military. I even have military family members in Germany. I respect those who defend my home. Let's face it. World Peace is impossible. War is inevitable. If you want to cut me down for wanting to defend my fellow citizens so that they can sleep safe and sound at night and see their kids off to school the next day, go ahead. If you want to shoot down my argument and tell me that I love war and I am wrong, go ahead.
I will not care. I will not be bothered by this. I want to protect freedom and what I believe is good. I want to give back to my country. I want to see to it that the Average Joe has the right to walk down the street without fear of being arrested/killed/deported/etc...
Try all you want, but I am me. You cannot change that. 
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Your desire to protect freedom and your country are okay. But I think you run a good risk of being send instead into a war in defence of corporate interests and profit digging. Iraq 2003 being the prime example.
My initial reply to you was about your display of showing a very romantic attitude towards duelling yourself with the enemy, and my point was that doing like this would turn you into a risk for your own comrades. Not only plans but also ideals are amongst the first victims of war, and once you are in the middle of it all that counts is not your ideals, but your efficiency in killing and destroying, or supporting others in becoming that, if you end up somewhere not in the fighting force but in the supply chain or desktop work.