Nothing more and nothing less when the government is concerned. They don't have friends, family, goals or dreams. They are a means to an end and nothing more, nor should they be. The purpose of a soldier is to fight for his countries goals, he is a very valuble tool and one that should be taken care of but the job must always come first. Every single man and woman in today's American military chose to be there, they knew what the risks were and they knew what their mission was. To defend the Constitution and obey the orders of the President of the United States.
When a president or general goes into a battle they should go into it with all of the emotion that mechanic does when repairing a car. This is my job, these are the tools with which I do my work. A good workman takes care of his tools, keeps them clean, dry, only uses them properly (don't use anything but a hammer for nailing things, don't pry things open with a screwdriver, etc etc.) He doesn't name his tools and avoid working with them, he doesn't love his screw driver and when one breaks during a job he simply buys another. This is what he must do in order to acheive the goal of fixing his car.
I constantly hear people say that we wouldn't be in this war if Bush's daughters were part of the military. I agree, we probably wouldn't (assuming he couldn't protect them by giving them a non-deployable job or some such shit) be in this war if his own children were at risk. That however is not a deciding factor in the justness of this or any other war (don't attack the war please, its really not the subject). Very very few individuals have the ability to treat their own children as tools. There are righteous wars (or could be) we should have gone to Rwanda, we should go to Darfur, I've heard terribly few people say that the actions we took in regards to Rwanda were right.
With that said how many of us would send our children (this is different from allowing them to go) out to save strangers? I can personally say that I would have a very hard time sending any member of my family to die for any number of strangers. One million strangers can die before I would sacrifice a loved one. I think most people are the same.
There is a reason why officers are kept separated from the troops. They can't form a personal bond, they need to remember to treat them as what they are, tools. There is a reason why in the Marines the first priority is mission accomplishment and the second is troop welfare. Any inteligent person knows that those two priorities are heavily interwoven but they are still placed in a distinct order, if one has to be sacrificed it isn't the mission, its the tool.
SeanRenaud posted on Sep 29, 2006
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GrapeKoolaid said on Sep 29, 2006....
GI=Government Issue, no?
I'm not a military man, so I'm not up on all the jargon.
If the above acronym is true, then there's your answer right there. I've heard them described as "the tip of the spear of democracy" as well.
Using your analogy of a mechanic, however, if a car has a defective motor and the mechanic starts to work on the carburator, it doesn't matter how good the tools are, right? The car will never be fixed.
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SeanRenaud said on Sep 29, 2006....
@Grape: A good mechanic should be able to properly assess the problem and spot a lost cause no?
Your right about the Government Issue, to the point where military personell can be charged with destruction of US property if they get tattooes or sunburn.
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Bordy said on Sep 29, 2006....
The two objectives of Marine Corps Leadership:
1) Mission Accomplishment
2) Troop Welfare.
SIR, the five types of injury are:
KEYWORD CALIP
Cut
Abrasion
Laceration
Incision
Puncture,
SIR!
Lol.
But no, you've got it right. We are tools, always will be... but that being said, we all signed up for it KNOWING this.
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Bordy said on Sep 29, 2006....
As a side note,
Restore the Breathing!
Stop the Bleeding!
Protect the Wound!
Treat for shock!
SIR!
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Bordy said on Sep 29, 2006....
Beer!
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madstorm said on Sep 30, 2006....
Hmmm... the title needs an 'f' instead of a 't'...
'Killing in the name of' - Rage Against The Machine.
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Bordy said on Sep 30, 2006....
Whys that, Madstorm? Good song, but bad idea.
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TheBeastHeMetCa said on Jun 15, 2007....
Hey, I am in the land HeMet, Beast is not hard to find, I claim to be Al Qaeda and am former Marine and Navy Squid, I need me a good tool can, I can host, I got an estate here. I would like to go to Gitmo Bay, and GIT MORE FORM gitmo reform.You bet, brig boxers barber boot for this rough rider sir. I like medical abuse, dental abuse, strap down shave in the shower, mace and more, I am a grunt and want law enforcement to just spars screw me so tight sir, I am a maggot can eat all the drill instructors bite and love it, make me love it, shock jock me, give me a life of prison reform, I want to be absolute shaved of every long haired hippy cunt pussy fat fag crap sir, made hard, mean, proud again and held on the shortest of Marine Corps Leashes, Locked and Loaded ready to fight for my rulers.Come up and see me sometime if your any of you a white skinhead marine kick ass rogue marine looking for a tough wanna be military police property pain pig.Come recruit me and do me, I want it so bad...Beast, HeMet CA
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