You "quit" the military, everyone know that soldiers serve in war for one another, not politics or politicians. You must be pretty popular, to "quit" while your fellow soldiers go over seas. When it comes time to pull the trigger, ultimatly its your decision. I love it how so many guys think the military ORDERS you to kill, thats complete bullshit. You guys are great you think you know every thing about something because you've seen a couple youtube clips.
You don't even know what my military service record is. I have certificates of appreciation from everyone ranging from Majors from my local reserve to high ranking Colonels in base commander positions to former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. I have months of field training, and when I say months, I mean that by the age of 20, I had spent over two full months of my life field training with the military, 24/7. From my experience, training is a lot harder than actual operations, although there is more of a real danger threat during operations.
I would be happy to help my fellow man or risk my life for something that I loved and truly believed was a genuine cause. Being politically aware, it was impossible for me to stay in the military knowing that an immoral and illegal war was being fought for oil monies at the expense of so many innocent people and their children.
Not to be mean or anything but you would be the last person I would want covering my back in any situation after reading your posts. You couldn't be trusted because you are the type that would turn around and run when something went down.. My brother is a cop and I promise you 10000000000% his education blows you out the door and so does his awards and accolades. He has met 3 presidents in his life. Everyone of them invited him. He graduated with a degree and became a cop instead of a pro football player like everyone thought he was going to be. He did this because he wanted to help people who needed help. Guys like you use an excuse because in simple terms you are afraid. It takes a certain person to volunteer to be a cop or in the military. Look at Tillman. It's alright if you are afraid and you want to use this excuse but to say these guys aren't smart is pretty stupid on your part.
That's not politically correct to point out, but it is nevertheless true.
Keith, you have to admit, this is a typical post from you.
You are bigging up your brother much like you big up yourself in posts. But to respond, I will point out that there are some soldiers and police officers who do choose to do what they do. From my experience in the military, I would say the majority do it because they have no other options which would pay as well given their level of education. As an example, I cite my friends in the infantry - I have done plenty of infantry courses in my day, three QL4s which are all Corporal qualifiers, including mountain ops and winter warfare. Most of the infantry soldiers I worked with were not qualified for any other trades.
Matt, perhaps if someone crashed a couple of jets into your house, you'd feel differently.
Fair enough, Ed, and perhaps you would feel differently if 76,000 people around you were killed for oil profits.
I guess everyone needs a "me" wall 
Lisa
That's in my house, and I still have a box full of awards sitting in my basement - since the walls in two rooms were covered in them and there were so many left over.
Dude you were a radio operator; in the rear with the gear.
I also got top honours on my basic training course which was instructed entirely by infantry with the exception of two medics. Also, half of the troops in my course were in the infantry and I still kicked their butts.
The infantry instructors were begging me to transfer, and when I did put in my transfer papers I was informed the next day that I did not qualify due to my poor vision (at the time 20/200, now 20/12 thanks to LASIK). As I pointed out above, I did plenty of training with the infantry, enough to keep my rank even if I had transferred.
I'm still waiting for someone to explain to me the moral justification of all the bloodshed from the Iraq war. Saying that we get to use the internet and watch television and swim in heated pools because of the war is not good enough. I would rather sleep on a mattress in a shack than know that my quality of life came from the blood of innocent people and worst of all, their children.
