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Originally Posted by shrinkingchica
When you sign up to be a US soldier you sign up to obey the commands of your commanding officers and dictates of your country.
The argument could be made that this man doesn't have "guts" but is instead a coward who doesn't want to fulfill his commitment.
Good on lily's son, he does have guts and is willing to fulfill his duty that he freely signed up for.
I think that the argument that he is a coward is weak. There are millions of people who think the whole situation is questionable and for him to take a stand like that takes a lot of courage, and I respect that very much - almost as much as I respect people, like Lily's son, who are willing to risk their lives for their country or a certain cause.
I think that if you don't really believe in what you are doing and don't have faith in your leaders, you aren't going to do a very good job.
If it has to be, I'd rather have people over there who believe in what they are doing.