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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Someone who's old enough to sign up in the US military is not a child.
And the thing about soldiers is, ultimately, part of their job is to be sacrificed. That's one of the reasons why I have such high regard for them, they are willing to lay down their lives.
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But they are not considered responsible or adult enough to legally buy alcohol until they are 21.
They are not willing to lay down their lives so freely. They all believe that it won't happen to them and it will be the other guy next to him that gets blown up or shot. If you didn't think like that then you wouldn't be able to do the job. The idea of sacrifice and laying down ones life willingly is the job of suicide bombers on the other side. Sacrifice and laying down ones life may be the end result but it is not in the forefront of a US soldier's mind and is certainly not in the advertising slogans of US Army recruitment.
They are certainly willing to put themselves at considerable risk (although some are just more willing than others to blindly follow all orders rather than rocking the boat and starting to question some of the more dubious ones such as abusing Iraqi prisoners).