A Hero Who Was in the Military
June 14, 2016
N.J.P writes to me that he was in the military from 1968-1971. He wants everyone to know the following:
I agree with EVERYTHING you say, and when I admit to anyone (Americans or others) that I was in the military, I apologize for it. I was drafted, but that does NOT alleviate my guilt. I shot or bombed or bombarded no one, but that does not alleviate my guilt. Had I not been IN the military, had I only paid my US taxes, that would not alleviate my guilt. Perhaps you share my guilt. If so, I’m in good company.
Laurence M. Vance [send him mail] writes from central Florida. He is the author of The Free Society; War, Christianity, and the State: Essays on the Follies of Christian Militarism; War, Empire, and the Military: Essays on the Follies of War and U.S. Foreign Policy; King James, His Bible, and Its Translators, and many other books. His newest book is The U.S. Proxy War in Ukraine.
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