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**Peabelilt** · 06-14-2012, 10:40 PM

There are alot of people who join a branch for the right reasons, some are willing to serve and accept the risks just to have a chance to prosper from financial aid. Which isn't a terrible thing.

Just recently I heard a popular talk host down in DC claiming that ALL service members are basically by default, Hero's.
This was at the center of an on going discussion and the host wast getting indignant...

This seems to be a common theme among Republicans...

So if you are flying a drone 3,000 miles away while using a monitor and joystick to kill enemy combatants as you're sitting in a air conditioned nerve center... Or you are working in a supply depot stateside and every morning you can go off base to grap a hot D&D latte.

Well, you're a hero then...

I think the word hero as it pertains to military personel and even civilian EMS responders shouldn't be so broadly applied in our society.

06-14-2012, 10:40 PM	#21
Peabelilt Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 408 Senior Member	There are alot of people who join a branch for the right reasons, some are willing to serve and accept the risks just to have a chance to prosper from financial aid. Which isn't a terrible thing. Just recently I heard a popular talk host down in DC claiming that ALL service members are basically by default, Hero's. This was at the center of an on going discussion and the host wast getting indignant... This seems to be a common theme among Republicans... So if you are flying a drone 3,000 miles away while using a monitor and joystick to kill enemy combatants as you're sitting in a air conditioned nerve center... Or you are working in a supply depot stateside and every morning you can go off base to grap a hot D&D latte. Well, you're a hero then... I think the word hero as it pertains to military personel and even civilian EMS responders shouldn't be so broadly applied in our society.
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