To the poster who is so offended by the jets, try and remember that jets don't kill people; leaders who view jets as foreign policy "tools" kill people. Just be happy that the jets are being used for a peaceful, happy event. And there is nothing like jets to add emotional base to an event.
As for the flip side. It frustrates me to no end when people say the military protects our freedoms. This is a cop out. We all must protect our freedoms; that is a citizen's duty. In the modern world our military has two functions: protect our citizens from harm and to accomplish foreign policy objectives. It is a noble thing to defend ones nation. Why must we assign the military another duty for which they are not suited?
The only real threat to our liberty lies from within. The military cannot save us from ourselves. The civil rights movement and the women's suffrage movement were not military operations. There is a constant war being waged to protect our freedoms but it is going on in courtrooms not some distant battle field.
As for the poster who claimed that history would have been different if Vietnam or Korea had strong national identities, well that is the most uneducated thing I have heard...this week. :animwink:
I appologize that this post is non-disney related but this thread has been very non-disney related.
As for the flip side. It frustrates me to no end when people say the military protects our freedoms. This is a cop out. We all must protect our freedoms; that is a citizen's duty. In the modern world our military has two functions: protect our citizens from harm and to accomplish foreign policy objectives. It is a noble thing to defend ones nation. Why must we assign the military another duty for which they are not suited?
The only real threat to our liberty lies from within. The military cannot save us from ourselves. The civil rights movement and the women's suffrage movement were not military operations. There is a constant war being waged to protect our freedoms but it is going on in courtrooms not some distant battle field.
As for the poster who claimed that history would have been different if Vietnam or Korea had strong national identities, well that is the most uneducated thing I have heard...this week. :animwink:
I appologize that this post is non-disney related but this thread has been very non-disney related.