A Comment from Menachem Pritsker to
War Baffles Me | Pacific Jewish Center | Rabbi
http://finkorswim.com/2012/11/15/war-baffles-me/
Do you have any idea what's going on here?
First of all, the idea that there are naive 18 years olds fighting the wars of an older generation is just plain false. I'm 30, and I'm one of the younger guys in my unit. Most of the army is in fact made up of reserve units like mine.
Second, you're treating this war as if it's some far off Vietnam, where we only hear about it in news reports (as you are). This is a war that's being experienced by everyone in the country! You think there's a corner somewhere in this country where the there's a gan yeladim without a contingency plan in place in case there's an air raid siren?
The "18 year olds" who are off to fight this war are just as worried about their mothers at home as their mothers are worried for them. If I get called back up, and I pray I wont (having just gotten home last week from a month of miluim), I'll be marching off with the intent to kill the people who are trying to kill me and my family. Nothing more, nothing less.
Shalom and Best Regards,
RRW
1 comment:
One of the defintions of liberal is: worries more about the enemy that's trying to kill him than about himself and sees this as a marker of how civilized he is.
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