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**VanDerSmok** · 08-29-2012, 10:09 AM

Actually, the military does not juse "sit on their asses all day". It actually works quite hard. I mean, how many jobs have you had where 18 hour days, 30+ days without a day off can be considered "normal"? Or where you can be expected to work 24+ hours a day (without overtime pay no less)?

I think his criticism is that it doesn't do anything useful much of the time.
And a large percentage of the military does more then just fight wars. They are also a major first responder during times of disaster. Who was it that provided most of the initial support after 9/11? Hurricane Katrina? Mississippi flooding? North-East winter storms? California earthquakes? Wild fires?

Yep, the military. In addition they give huge amounts of support to other nations when they have disasters, from hurricanes and earthquakes to famine, civil strife, even volcanoes.
I don't really care for giving free shit to other nations and I doubt that the US military is the most efficient way to respond to earthquakes and other natural disasters.
And the very idea of a large, well trained, well equiped military is to hopefully prevent wars by deterrence. And with a few exceptions it has worked for over 100 years. But the problem is that not everybody will be deterred. They are so sure that they have a mission from a higher power to destroy us (or an ally).
Oh please. The US is one of the most if not the most belligerent nation on the planet today.

08-29-2012, 10:09 AM	#36
VanDerSmok Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 521 Senior Member	Actually, the military does not juse "sit on their asses all day". It actually works quite hard. I mean, how many jobs have you had where 18 hour days, 30+ days without a day off can be considered "normal"? Or where you can be expected to work 24+ hours a day (without overtime pay no less)? I think his criticism is that it doesn't do anything useful much of the time. And a large percentage of the military does more then just fight wars. They are also a major first responder during times of disaster. Who was it that provided most of the initial support after 9/11? Hurricane Katrina? Mississippi flooding? North-East winter storms? California earthquakes? Wild fires? Yep, the military. In addition they give huge amounts of support to other nations when they have disasters, from hurricanes and earthquakes to famine, civil strife, even volcanoes. I don't really care for giving free shit to other nations and I doubt that the US military is the most efficient way to respond to earthquakes and other natural disasters. And the very idea of a large, well trained, well equiped military is to hopefully prevent wars by deterrence. And with a few exceptions it has worked for over 100 years. But the problem is that not everybody will be deterred. They are so sure that they have a mission from a higher power to destroy us (or an ally). Oh please. The US is one of the most if not the most belligerent nation on the planet today.
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