I'm The Captain Now

Militaries & police are created to empower the weakest voice against the bully. Marching into battle with 90 men beside you is not the same as stepping forward with courage on your own.

1. Military and Police keep the peace for governments. The whole "protection" thing is a side effect of success in serving said government. (fed-state-city-whatever). 2. Who marches into battle? We fight in fire teams and squads these days. Smaller then a SWAT team most times.

The initial purpose of armies & cops is noble, not strictly to serve governments or empower tyrants. It's a response to animals of men. Playing the destroyer is often perverted into animal dominance/might makes right misuse, but then what is not misused? Is it mostly good or bad? I think the good guys are winning. I think the creators are winning over the destroyers. All the cities, roads, houses, dams, bridges, airports or any other man made structures attest. Key though to remember is the righteous destroyer character role does not exist to serve himself, but to provide basic animal dominance so that intellect and your own sovereign rules of right and wrong might have their way. And then in America we believe in the divine rule of free speech, which includes the ability to criticize EVERYONE. Bitterness about fighting a war, would not entitle you to refuse to be questioned about a My Lai massacre type thing. The fact of the matter is playing the policeman is a critical job, with lives and freedom at stake and all things can be respectfully questioned or criticized as a rule.

Don't forget drones and other forms of remote warfare!

What was your MOS friend?

Only the baddest of the bad - 92G. :D

People gotta eat. I was 1371 (usmc) myself

Militaries & police are by no means a new thing. I was speaking generally from their first origins. Imagine the Mongol hordes are coming, you don't want your wife raped & killed so you gather all the other men to fight. Men have to fight because animals of men exist who irrationally force themselves on others. If ppl did what they should do, respecting innocence, moral boundary, or national borders, we would not need armies. Today's tactics of fire teams or squads are not reflective of the history of war and it's a figure of speech to suggest 90 men marching into battle which illustrates support as well as an organized standard operating procedure whereby those involved trust in conformity & not so much on their own initiatives. Of course fear doesn't care if 10 men or 90 are beside you, but stepping up to the fight is easier with all that standard operating procedure of boot camp, infantry training, etc.

Thank you for your ccomment. I upvoted you as I support your right to your own opinion.

Militaries and police were formed for asset protection....and a country's wage slaves are an asset. It isn't your person that is held dear but your production value.

We all are. That's why I'm always so mad when police and soldiers have take a bullet to satisfy probable cause or the rules of engagement.

Soldiers have to be fired upon....police, they don't have to take a bullet to kill a civilian. Matter of fact, the civilian doesn't even have to possess any sort of weapon to be killed. I get mad that I gave to stand by while somebody steals my things and wait for so.eone else to come knock them up side the head to get it back. I could do that myself.

Point noted

i try not to insult them, but i don't always agree with what they're doing. i just think we should start looking for a different method than war and violence.

Maybe we can get the terrorists, street gangs and radical political factions to agree to never let it escalate beyond name calling and snowball fights? Good thinking.

uh that's not what i said asshole

i know there not going to because people are stupid and love violence and greed, doesn't mean we shouldn't try other options is all i'm saying.. genious

Example please. What an alternate option that you believe is reasonable AND especially that is realistic in the world we actually live in?

negotiating, bartering instead of forcefully taking. but the government and higher powers want to take and not have to give. i never said it would be perfect but it's better than killing innocent people in a war. and stop sticking our nose where it doesn't belong, there's a reason America is one of the most hated countries.

Who cares if we are hated? (the big dog always has jealousl rivals who wish they were in his shoes) Otherwise I applaud and respect your thoughts. Well spoken