What's wrong with the military?

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You're joking, right?

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Ummmm I hope you have a good flame suit. I'll leave it to someone else more versed in Tri history to answer the question.

Because someone has to defend the world against violent warlords so that you can have the luxury of doing a triathlon. Warlords and mauraders have been around way longer than organized armies. I really dont forsee NAS holding an IM in the Sudan anytime soon.

Would you really want to live in a nation that has no military at all? Do you really think that is a pragmatic idea in this day and age? Do you trust the other world powers that much?

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Kat Hunter reports on the San Dimas Stage Race from inside the GC winning team
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Freelance sports & outdoors writer Kathryn Hunter

Why don't you start a triathlon in Mogadishu, Somalia, and then get back to us.

Then crawl back into the hole you came out of.

" Would you really want to live in a nation that has no military at all?"

........you mean like Canada?


......I'm kidding - but that was too easy to pass on!

You're so dead. How's that for institutionalized violence?
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I'm not sure I get the joke.

Canada has a military

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Kat Hunter reports on the San Dimas Stage Race from inside the GC winning team
Aeroweenie.com -Compendium of Aero Data and Knowledge
Freelance sports & outdoors writer Kathryn Hunter

 
Son, we live in a world that has walls and those walls need to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Slowman? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for swimfan and curse the Marines; you have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that swimfan's death, while tragic, probably saved lives and that my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use then as the backbone of a life trying to defend something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you," and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest that you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.

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I would certainly prefer to live in a world without the US military.

Us Canadians thank our lucky stars daily that we have the big strong USA to protect us from all those nasty Somalian warlords and their transcontinental ICBM's! Never mind those pesky Taliban! Why, just last week they parked an aircraft carrier off the coast of Newfoundland, good thing George Bush was there to scare them off or lobster season would have been toast!

Why don't you head on over to the Lavender Room so you can spit your ridiculousness out there?

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This is pretty much one of those "if you don't like it you can leave" situations.

The military is necessary for stability, without it everyone would be grabbing for each others' resources and nobody would have any fun ever.

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A fair complaint, but is it the David Goggins and such that are the problem? Or the leadership?

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Kat Hunter reports on the San Dimas Stage Race from inside the GC winning team
Aeroweenie.com -Compendium of Aero Data and Knowledge
Freelance sports & outdoors writer Kathryn Hunter

Because the rest of us live in the real world.

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**Note above poster works for a retailer selling bikes and related gear*

I would prefer to be on a forum without whinny little pussies that think the world doesn't need a strong military presence, and will magically turn into some utopia without them.

All snark aside... I see where you're coming from, but unless you live in some different reality than the rest of us; the purpose of a highly trained military is to PREVENT violence and sometimes that has to happen at the business end of a rifle.

Arguably, the US military has been one of the most effective forces for peace in the history of man.

Would you prefer North Korean?

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I would certainly prefer to live in a world without the US military.


Well come live in New Zealand then...we've been shunning those bastards since the 80s ;)

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I hated every minute of training, but I said, ''Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.''
- Muhammad Ali

Then do so.

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Tom Demerly
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Brilliant illustration of my point. There are different opinions on the military. A critical sigh seems to belong to the lavender room, while unquestioning reverence apparently belongs on the front page.

Do you know at all the history of Ironman?

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A SAS guy would own a SEAL.