A terrible, terrible tragedy.

[kandrathe]

Ok but when we are talking about US troops in Irak killing innocent bystanders, you can pull the one about who scary and bad it is to be 'working' there. So scary that sometimes they lose control and start shooting.
Which one is it going to be?

With all due respect. Sometimes you are a media tool, and sometimes just a tool. There are bad cases of abuse of power, even by some in the military. Those cases are addressed, and the culprits by and large are brought to justice.

I do must say I respect that people are going to war for (I wanted to say us but I mean the republicans) but if it is all bravery? I don't think so. If it is in the US like in Holland (professional army) you see that the army unlike 20 years ago now consists of mainly the lower socio economic groups. And that is a sad thing. The people that gain the least from a free country do all the work. There will of course also be a small group of ideological rough good-doers, but I think they are a minority.

The military in the US are not taken from the lower classes, if that is what you are implying. They are not paid very well, so while in the military they may be poor, they are serving their country and being marginally compensated for their sacrifice. I guess that is better than making it a lucrative profession, but there might be a better balance here. Since the Reagan reform era, the military has been a more selective and professional organization.

So, the result of the world wide media propaganda movement against the US military is that you and other equally duped world citizens believe that the "good rough doers" are a minority. Your answer? Ban guns. Capitulate to tyranny.

No thanks. I'd rather have a gun in a world run by tyrants.