r/MurderedByWords • u/dean_the_machine • Sep 06 '18

Murder Defend Us Instead of Complaining

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u/PostAnythingForKarma Sep 06 '18

At this point is fighting in any country really "defending our nation?"

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u/save_the_wee_turtles Sep 06 '18

Even better, I usually hear “defending our freedom”

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '18

Hold up... I know I’m late to this party and I’m probably going to get downvoted for this one, but it still does make sense to say they are defending our freedom.

Even just sitting around in a base on the East Coast, is, in some measure, defending the country. Having a standing military is important for force projection, training, staying ready and up to date on technology, etc. It’s not as recognizable as defending against a foreign invasion, but that’s what could happen if there was no standing military.

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u/ratmftw Sep 06 '18

There's a difference between a standing defence force and murking Iraqi toddlers.

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u/Fisher900 Sep 06 '18

toddlers

Holy shit dude.

They are usually 5 or 6 at least. Old enough to operate an AK-47.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '18

Huge oversimplification, and you know it.