How Much do you love your country?

Bo-Dean

Been there...done that.

I'd do it again, too!

sexy eyes

yes I would serve in a matter of seconds. One of the reasons why Im joing the marines is to protect my homeland.I would do anything to protect our freedom because if it wasn't for these soldiers past and present we won't have freedom right now.

Warren D

I've served and would serve again.

Sadly, I'm 65 years old, almost 66, and I don't think any of the services will take me. If they would I'd gladly go.

Socrates

I love this country. In the short time we have been around we have done so much. I do most likely plan to join the army, I want to be an officer.
JOHN STUART MILL:
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature, and has no chance of being free unless made or kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
Do you know that in Rome in times of crisis they would revert to a temporary dicatorship so that all resources were given to the war effort? I think this makes a lot of sense so long as when order is restored it becomes a republic again. When our country is in dire need it is our duty to serve and fight, to do otherwise is not only cowardice, it is traitorous to our way of life as patriots.

sfaa

I wouldn't wait for the draft.

Yes, we may be looking at a conflict with Iran. Yes, we're in a long conflict in Iraq. But this is the first time in recent history the Middle East actually has a decent shot at peace.

Think about it, haw many true enemies do we have left in the Middle East? For all their moaning about how President Bush has hurt the world's view of the US, democrats and liberals never talk about this. Libya, no longer a threat. Iraq, no longer a threat if we can stabilize the country and leave Iraqis with a true democracy. Egypt, no longer a threat and trying to be a responsible, regional influence. Afghanistan, no longer a threat as long we can prevent a resurrection of the Taliban. Kuwait, friendlier than ever. Saudi Arabia, friendly than ever. Yemen, cracking down on their own terrorist networks. South Yemen, actually renewed diplomatic ties. Pakistan, maybe not the best ally in the world, but certainly better than France. Israel, alliance just as strong.

Who's left? Iran, that's it. That's all that's left. Remove Iran and you remove the single largest destabilizing force in the Middle East and the world. Sure, somebody might take their place. But you still have to try. You can try military action, you can try all out war, you can try political isolation, you can try economic isolation. But you have to try.

There is a purpose for us being in the Middle East. There is a purpose for us being in Iraq. And if successful, it could be the single most important thing our generation does.

However, if an all out war is in the cards, the longer we wait, the worse it will be.

Underground Man

I love freedom, too, but I hate unjust warmongering. There is no reason why the U.S. should fight Iran. I would not fight for a group of old men who never fought in a war themselves, but who want the rest of us to die for their schemes. False appeals to patriotism are no excuse to invade a foreign land and kill innocent people who are not a threat to this country.

J-Bird

I would serve in a heart beat. In fact, I'm planning on joining after I finish college and get in better shape.

Nekkra

I love my country. I have fought for my country in far away lands. I would do it again. I have supported our troops as a civilian in far away lands and I would do that again too. There is no sacrifice too small or too large, our country and our military deserve everything we can give them.

For all the mongoloids that say "I would not join the military unless our country was invaded", YOU NEED TO WAKE THE HELL UP. Helllloooo !!! It's already happened. We've been invaded by terrorists. They've blown up our buildings and killed our brothers and sisters. They are living among us now, waiting for their next order to attack. Ever heard of sleeper cells? "Noooo, that could never happen to us", right? Wrong! Get with the program, support your troops, do your service for your country, and quit you're complaining.

Someone said "I won't fight for someone that has never fought". What a load of horse crap. Soldiers fight for every American. Not every American has served, and not every one that served has fought. Grow up, grow a pair, and step up.

big-brother

That the draft should be debated at all in the councils of a free government is cause of dismay. The question is nothing less than whether the most essential rights of personal liberty shall be surrendered and despotism embraced in its worst form. â€“ Daniel Webster

llordlloyd

I love my country and hate it's government: they commit evil in its name, and pretend to be patriots while helping themselves to the product of its people. They wave flags while the companies they control move offshore to avoid taxes, they send others' children to fight while keeping their own kids safe and well-connected. The create fear in the minds of the people, people who should be confident and self-assured, enterprising and ambitious. They then use this fear to make people think they have to accept corruption as a price of protection.

Yes, I love my country. I hate political parties and the weasels and dogs they call 'leaders'.

World Expert

I love my country this much:
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where one inch length = one universe length

So here and even in another universe i'd serve to protect this land. But i'd support the draft only if we had to protect our land on our own soil.

Voice of Innovation

If there is a draft I will enlist and not wait for my number.

sirjorah

I would not willingly serve in the military to fight in a foreign nation. I would rather spend three years in prison. Doesn't matter how much I love my country, I won't aid in the killing and destruction of a war we started for no other reason than business and ego.

Now, if some foreign power invaded the US mainland, I would consider joining the military to offer them my skills (though none of that would include actually fighting). And that would still depend on the context.

Yes, many people have given blood for this country. And in the past, the causes have been worthy ones. WW2, WW1, The Civil War, The Revolutionary War, all fought for our freedom.

But this fighting in the Middle East is not a fight for our freedom. It's a fight for corporate America to get richer. And what are they going to spend this new money on? Starting new wars. And buying expensive, useless junk.

Kuli

Of course I'd serve my country. Maybe our government has some issues, but we have the most amazing people in the world. There's a reason that the American people have invented and done so much, and that's never going to change.

The idealogical idea of serving our country has and forever will be the ultimate honor and possible sacrifice... however, how many more wars based on public oppression are we going to attend.

Diplomacy never ends... and it should never turn into retalliation tactics... nomatter how bad the hurt... compromise dwells in the midst of want.

Rick V

What a crock. All the lives lost in Veit Nam were for nothing.
All the lives lost in Iraq were for nothing.

If the war is unjust you say I should go kill anyway. What kind of aberrant church and country do you belong to.

Warren D -- I am sure you are still vital and wrong too.

Wish B - you are an informed college guy and you still want to go fight. What is your problem? Hell, quit now and go! Don't hide behind "you're in college - GO.

EZMZ
Chong sounds a bit of an idiot. Of course the war is real.. Thet're blowing each other up. 600,000 Iraqis. -- http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/11/iraq.deaths/index.html

USA Deaths --
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/03/death.toll/

Chong -- "the most serious threat in our history" Where does this dude come from? Even you must know that this is crazy.
Iraq was invaded by the US and friends after 9/11 but not in search of al Queda but in search of WMD that the US government knew were not their - they truly insulted all the people that died in 9/11 by taking on Iraq and not putting all their weight behind the search for al Queda.

The US has already lost. There were no WMD =- there was no nuclear threat (the US knew already that Saddam had refused the help by Khan of Pakistan to help with nuclear armament), the were no chemical or biological war agents(the troops were not equipped to handle such a war). In other words the war was false and still not declared. The US has dumped Saddam but has not gotten anywhere close to liberation unless that is what you call liberation - a civil war.

John G -- enlist now!

Chong -- you are a very deceptive man. Until the attacks on the US at home have started other countries have had little chance to repond to American terrorism around the world.

Chong -- I read your insight on the world but you change reality for your own purpose. You are either a very dangerous man creating an idea that fits in with many people who are bent in your direction (something akin to Hitler, Pol Pot, etc) or you are quite insane.

Chong -- looking at your post once again I can not help but relate you to a paranoid religious fanatic.

Nekkra F -- it is not a service to your country to go to war obligenly for something that is wrong. I think you are far less than patriotic to go to because of the pipe dream of a quite foolish president, You know many Germans fought for the same reasons you believe in. and you seem to think they were right.

lavidasigue40 -- read his stuff before you condemn me, lavidasigue40 -- you are a total (*^$ hole.

thefaz4371

I agree with Rick. I got about 5 lines into EZMZ's rant before I realized that I would be better off scrolling past all the crap and seeing if anyone said something useful to say. No I would not serve. Why? Hidden agendas. And, considering wars are being fought politcally and religiously, instead of being fought by the decisions of the men on the field, I'm not in a hurry to sign myself over to this nonsense we are calling war.

I think America once stood for something good. Now? I would be somewhat embarrassed to be a tourist in another country. We're getting fatter, stupider, and farther away each day from what this country was when it was "born."

Do I support the troops? Hell yeah. Which is why they should get out of Iraq. There is no, and never was, a need to go there. But what are we going to do now? "Oh hey......uh....yeah we are gonna get going now. I know we kinda destroyed the place, but don't worry I'm sure we'll send over way too much money and then wonder why the states are having budget problems."

lavidasigue40

I only will fight for my country if somebody invade it.If you think that the war in irak is right,then you are a babe killer!!!!!!

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