> My point here is, if you're in the military now, you're volunteering for war. If you're an injured soldier, I'm sorry you got hurt. You didn't deserve it, bec

> My point here is, if you're in the military now, you're volunteering for war. If you're an injured soldier, I'm sorry you got hurt. You didn't deserve it, because nobody deserves war and mayhem. But you volunteered for it. We need to stop saying "support the troops". We need to start saying "prevent kids from joining unjust war". A thousand times yes! About a year ago I was flying in the US for a conference and I noticed a soldier in uniform getting bumped to business class. Apparently this is standard AA policy. This led me to ask some questions about the military to some coworkers which turned into some sort of a fight. My position is exactly the same as yours: American society forces its most vulnerable to join unjust wars and then rather than provide them with welfare, social and medical services relies on this kind of obscene corporate brandwashing and cheap respect and support from the public. I refuse to support the troops, we have to stop kids from being duped into joining the military altogether. But apparently this is a rather unpopular position, especially with those who have family members in the military.