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Thread #57095   Message #900116
Posted By: Troll
27-Feb-03 - 08:22 PM
Thread Name: BS: Why I support Disarming America
Subject: RE: BS: Why I support Disarming America
Military personnel accepting money to defend their country is not morally repugnant in any sense. Instead of having a standing militia consisting of every ablebodied man in the nation as does Switzerland, we -and most other countries - have military forces that protect the nation as a full-time job.
Naturally, they are paid. Even the Swiss pay their soldiers when they go on active duty for training.
The claim that the suicide bombers are somehow more moral than the professional soldier is ludicrous. The bombers of Hamas and Islamic Jihad know that their families will be well taken care of by their respective organizations and by such people as Saddam Hussein and possibly others who sent large gifts of cash to the families of the bombers.
As I see it, this is a totally bogus argument, made solely to cast aspersions on the men and women who put their lives on the line for their country. The money they receive is a pittance. Only a few years ago, it was so bad that army privates could qualify for food stamps.
BTW, the bombers don't just blow up civilians because they are frustrated. If that is the case, why don't they blow up military targets like jeeps and check-points. No, they blow up civilians because that makes more of an impact on the rest of the population. Their motives are highly political in nature and not military at all.

troll