> > What if said leader were on the order of Stalin or Hitler? Should I take a bullet for someone like that? Hell no. I don't care if he was democratically elected or not. Just because someone is in a position of power does not automatically elevate them to a deity-like level.
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> > The very nature of this country and the principals upon with which it was founded very clearly state that every individual has the right to choose his or her path in life. If that right is ever taken away, God help us.
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> > You still have never addressed the numerous posts asking you WHY you feel that every able bodied man and woman (with a few exceptions) should be required to join the military.
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> > One average man is a small price to pay to keep the leader of the free world alive.
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> You're certainly showing an interesting capability in avoiding the question, sir. Maybe you should ditch military thoughts and go and be a politician.
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> Kelly, I did manage to find one thing that looked like him saying why. I reprinted it in the other tangent I've been posting to.
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> Zarniwoop

Thanks, Zarniwoop. I'll go back and find it.

Gortman: That's all you have to say? Do you actually believe that every single American citizen should sacrifice themselves for the President...no matter who he is? If you believe that, then fine. But try to come up with more than a one sentence answer. It's very hard to lend any weight to your arguments when they are nothing more than one sentence that in no way addresses the issue at hand.

On a side note, I'd be really curious to see how your opinions change in, say, 10 years or so. You should print out this entire thread and save it somewhere. Come back to it in about 10 or fifteen years and see how you feel. I guarantee you'll have a different opinion on government mandated military service then.

Kel"older, yes; wiser,not sure"ly