Evidently Glenn Beck speaking out publicly against military service has made a big impression on many of you.
Evidently Glenn Beck speaking out publicly against military service has made a big impression on many of you.
I don’t assign any more value to what Beck said than anyone else. I have spent hours and hours talking with and exchanging emails with officers I served with. I formed my own opinion based on those conversations, my own research and study, and my own impressions of our current leadership.
Beck has the same right to his opinion as you and I do. There is nothing treasonous about him voicing that opinion or sharing it.
The problem is not our soldiers... it’s the mission, rules of engagement, and the continuing concerns about our leaders resolve and decisiveness.
If my son were killed in combat engaged with the enemy protecting those at his side I would grieve forever, but I would at least understand it.
If my son were killed in a convoy carrying desks to a school built by combat engineers in the middle of some desolate tribal region by an IED when their convoy schedule was known to some corrupt host country official I would DEFINITELY not feel my sons death was worth it. I would really be enraged if our leaders decide to withdraw because it’s too hard in a few years. How long do you think that school will last? Is that school worth the death of my son or four sons or ten sons?
If my son were killed by a sniper in a mosque because we were not allowed to destroy it I would never get over that. A mosque is not worth a single drop of American blood to me.
Hypothetical questions? Only if it’s not your son or your nephew.