Monday, November 9, 2009
The crazy thought of it.
I'd be careful about sending a Muslim soldier to Iraq or Afghanistan, or any place where maybe he'd have to kill other Muslims. If the soldier volunteered to go, fine. Nidal Hasan didn't want to go. But he was gonna be sent anyway. That created a volatile situation. Especially for someone who sees our wars in both places as a bit unjust. Because, at least in the case of Iraq, it was started under false pretenses. And hey, thousands of innocent civilians/Muslims are being killed. And some of the people we take as prisoners are tortured. Ain't a good situation. And within the military ranks itself, there's lots of reported harassing of Muslims. In and out of our own military service. Soldiers tend to demonize the enemy. I even remember that when I was in the army, serving in Germany from 1958-60. It was peacetime. Yet many Germans were being treated rudely and with disrespect by some of my fellow soldiers. Wasn't very nice. We're taught to hate the so-called enemy. Makes it easier to kill 'em. And that's what soldiers do. Especially in war time. Kill. Kill. Kill. And you are required to follow orders. If it means killing a fellow Muslim, you kill him. Could be that even the crazy thought of it might drive a soldier or two crazy. --Jim Broede
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The huge difference here is that he was not forced into the army. When you join, you agree to go where you are sent. Imagine if everyone got to pick and choose. He should've gotten out of the army if he wasn't going to serve. Why was he there, if he thought wars "unjust"? You volunteer to serve, not to choose where you are sent. There was a time when you couldn't choose, you got drafted. God bless the ones who choose to serve, and serve valiantly!
As for the thousands being killed, how many are being killed by their own people? Those terrorists set up in heavy populated areas, and put their own people in dangers path. They set up bombs and suicide bombers to kill their own people, some even in church. The United States has not killed the thousands who have been blown up by their own people.
Yes, I can imagine if everyone got to pick and choose. And if everyone had the opportunity to opt out of an unjust war. That would be a good thing. For everyone. For the individual. For the armed forces. For the nation. One could follow one's conscience. Maybe lots of Germans would have opted out in World War II. And lots of Americans would have opted out in the Vietnam War or in Iraq or Afghanistan. Yes, I can imagine pick and choose as a good thing.
And hey, our side has killed many innocents. Civilians. Men. Women. Children. We share in the massacre of innocents. War is a shared blame. Don't tell me that it's only the 'other side' to blame. Tell me, which side is the only one that ever used nuclear bombs on a civilian population? Using the rationale that the Japanese got their just deserts. Easy to justify slaughter when it's the perceived enemy that gets slaughtered. Well, we're all human beings. Even the innocents dragged into war against their will. Face it. Not all wars are just wars. Far from it. --Jim
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