“Question is, do you want to send your sons and daughters into battle, in defense of a Nation of people (ours) that is willing to let enemy combatants be released, and then turn around and kill your sons and daughters?”
Can we please stop with the smarmy, schmaltzy, hand-wringing, sissy-pants, drama-queen clichés?
Nobody is “sending their sons and daughters into battle.” Every member of the U.S. military is an ADULT who joined up voluntarily. If these adults no longer want to fight, they’ll find a way to get out the service.
And what the hell is the alternative to defending this country, as flawed as it is? Not defending it?
Strangely, the members of the military see this imperfect country as being well worth defending with their lives. The re-enlistment rate is phenomenal.
So let’s please stop with the bleating, weepy, limp-wristed moaning about “sending our sons and daughters into battle.”
