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In reply to the discussion: What Is The Point Of Risking Your Life In The Military To Protect The Right Of Billionaires To [View all]raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)Maybe that is incredibly naive of me but with what I know from friends who served in those days, the truth of what was truly taking place was unknown to them and not widely accepted until years later. In fact, many have expressed sentiments that if they had known the truth, they wouldn't have enlisted or in case of the draft, may have fled to Canada.
Flashing forward to today, one can try to remain ignorant of the reasons and justifications for killing people in yet another foreign land but they can't say, as a reasonably informed citizen, they do not have reservations. That the information blackout is even comparable to the events that circled your time of service.
However, I do firmly believe we all have free will. That some people when faced with the prospect of assisting in the termination of peoples lives or going hungry, they will still choose the latter. For some this might even extend to their own demise, but I would hasten to allow my own being that much Christian charity.