I remember when the military was the service and the common belief was we in the service were no better than our civilian brothers and sisters. I resent the attitude today that our soldiers are sacrosanct. It is too often just a cover to hide misdeeds of our leadership both in and outside the military. No soldier should ever be considered above his civilian brothers. Both republicans and democrats have gone off the deep end in acting as if they have such respect for soldiers and then not standing up for them when they are civilians in need. I say if we spread the pain, we will hasten the solution. In the bigger scheme of things the paying of the military in a shutdown is a political ploy. Most soldiers are not mission essential ayt this point and therefore no more needed than civilians who in most cases are performing a more timely function. There is no way that the rank and file soldier is more necessary than the school teacher, the policeman, the firefighters, the tax collector at IRS , the auditor at the General Accounting Office, or the researchers at the National Institute of Health. The primary occupation of the soldier is prepare and wait. That is nderstandably what they do most of the time. if they are not overseas fighting they prepare to fight for a period of time each month but most their time is just waiting. If you compare the contribution to oiur country of the soldier at most points to those of a postal worker, a TSA agent, or a truck driver ,it is hard to grasp how we can even say their contributions are more valuable. Lets get away from the self glorification and or delusional myths. I know this willl upset many but we need to see the truth tom serve all our people best.
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