LoveHimThroughIt
Confident
Thank you for sharing. As a supporter of a combat vet, I am grateful to be given additional perspective. Thank you for your service and I'm sorry for what you have gone and continue to go through.
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The ROE we had were pretty f*cked. Like the weather they changed on a near daily basis. Some areas were free fire this week, next week it may not be so. Don't get me started on requesting clearances either. I thought that was insanity. Sorta like apocalypse now if you've ever seen it, when he says "charging a man with murder in a place like this, is like handing out speeding tickets at the Indie 500."The first question I get asked, more often than not, when someone discovers I'm a combat veteran, is whether...
i did not serve, so you can blow off my comments if you want. You asked if they died defending our country and our way of life? I think the answer is yes. We know that the radical Islamist want to destroy the culture and way of life in western civilization. They want to end the freedoms we enjoy, and instill sharia law in our land.They died defending our country and way of life didn't they?
I agree to an extent.
The ROE we had were pretty f*cked. Like the weather they changed o...
I personally find this one the easiest to answer. They're no different than us. There to do their job. Us or them mentality, regardless the politics. We all have family, loved ones, friends, people who will mourn us and miss us. The enemy... well, that depends what side you're on to who you refer. I can call the other side the enemy, yet they call me the same thing. Them or me, simple as that. We're all just pawns doing our job, getting paid to do the worst of humanity.Every time I pulled the trigger on someone, was I putting down an enemy combatant who was out to destroy everything I live for and embody with my uniform? Or had he taken up arms to resist the occupation of a foreign power?