No disrespect to any military veterans here on FreeRepublic, but for the life of my I can’t imagine why any intelligent American would willingly put his life at risk on behalf of a government as corrupt and fouled up as ours is right now. It’s been this way for years.
It’s a Catch-22. We need the best in our military. Problem is, under a leadership that is counter to the very principles that our country was founded on, we not only destroy these principles but we also imperil the souls of those who serve faithfully. Military service is not only about carrying out one’s duty faithfully, but what that service was on behalf of. It’s unambiguous regarding a soldier who died in The Battle of the Bulge or Okinawa. But a U.S. SOF soldier killed in Syria?? I’ll forgo pointing all of the problems with latter because I think we all know.