Originally Posted by unbzete

I think that's just the point, and it's what makes Moore's antics so moot. It's a volunteer/professional military. Adults sign up of their own free will to submit themselves to the orders given them.

Moore's attempt to portray it as only the children of the poor dying, is not only propagandist, but irrelevant because of this.

Asking a parent if they would send their child to war is just silly grandstanding, because the answer is almost invariably going to be no, regardless of the person asked, or the war fought. What parent would ever answer yes?

There are plenty of military conflicts I thought were "right", Bosnia, Somalia, Rwanda (eventually), but if someone asked me if I'd "send" my child there...hell no I wouldn't. But I'd support him or her if they chose a military life.