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Originally posted by Masklinn:
Of course they risk their lives.
But they also take some. On orders.
This is something I find hard to respect. No matter what side, no matter the reasons.
As long as there will be people willing to do that job, you will have wars and dictators.
But I'm too much of a hippie maybe.
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Police officers occasionally take lives in order to protect their public.
American soldiers don't spend their entire careers killing, and they aren't used to enforce the government's will on the civilian population. I'd say they spend the overwhelming majority of their careers helping the innocent. In America those troops help during natural disasters, and those troops have rendered aid around the world.
What about your own soldiers? Just because they aren't fighting in this conflict doesn't mean that they don't have the same job.
No matter what reason is a bit broad. If you can't respect the soldier, maybe you really are too much of a hippie.