Of all the debates we could possibly be having, playing the "We're professionals" card is least suitable here. On another place on the Internet, I participate

Of all the debates we could possibly be having, playing the "We're professionals" card is least suitable here. On another place on the Internet, I participate in discussions about military budgets, and there are a certain group of people who insist that since they are soldiers they have the ultimate call on how much funding it should receive. (Spoiler: the answer is "more.")