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Originally posted by User Name
Dying in a war doesn't necessarily defend those benefits. Sometimes, a war is simply an offensive action that has little to no benefits for the general populace.
You seem to have a romanticised view of those who participate in wars based on the "defenders of benefits" statement. Sorry to thread-jack a thread that I started, but most people who volunteer to serve in the military simply do so because of lack of other opportunity, not because of a desire to fight for this country. The military is one of the only, if not the only, field where a person with only a high school diploma can advance up the ladder and get paid a decent salary. I really hate how these people get portrayed as oh-so-heroic fighters of our freeedom.
People who volunteer for duty while having other GOOD opportunities: HEROS.
People who join the military because they need a career and have nowhere else to go: ORDINARY PEOPLE with a dangerous job.
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How about benefits to other populace around the world? Oh wait, we should just be isolationist and do not a damn thing except send food and money to other countries when they ask for it.
As for your ordinary people statement, it's just plain wrong. Ordinary people don't put their lives on the line to help other people.