A Just War

In today's society, our military men and women are not held as high in regard as they used to be. When they fought in Korea, Europe, and the Pacific, they had the nation at their backs. Now we fight an unknown enemy, an enemy that is an even higher threat than Japan or Germany ever were. They were known, you knew your enemy, now everyone you walk by is a potential enemy, everything is unknown, we rarely find them, and they always find us. Just because the war they fight isn't on our doorstep, but rather all the way across the world, doesn't mean they aren't dying for you, me, your neighbor. This war is real, and if we lose, the attacks will never stop, you never want to be on the defensive in this war.

To protect ourselves and our neighbors we brought the war to their doorstep, so it wasn't American, English, French, or any other nation's people on the front lines, it was in their home, and their land. American soldiers have been branded as baby-killers, mass murders, sociopaths, and more since Vietnam.

Imagine for a second you are a convoy's overwatch, you are watching their backs. A man walks out, hands his son a explosive of any kind, as the only guy with a shot, it is up to you wether or not it is an insurgent's son, or American soldiers that die. One death, or a possible twenty deaths, you think, people die, your brothers die. You react, a kid dies, no time to think, split second decision, no pause button, no do overs. You pull the trigger, kid dies, soldiers go home to wives, and children. That day haunts you for the rest of your life.

Decisions like this are being made almost everyday by soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria. They don't get to retry, they screw up and people die. I recommend that for those of you that dislike the Police, or the Military because you think they are cold blooded killers, think again, try to put yourself in their shoes. This is not an easy job, real people die for their mistakes. No matter what choice they make, someone dies, it is just a matter of who. The only thing you can do is make their job harder, and get more of these good men and women killed, or you can stop, and make it easier for them to come home. I say let them come home.