For the life of me, I could never comprehend why 'educated' and enlightened fellows such as yourself constantly resort to arrogance and smugness? I'm in the Navy, just signed up actually, and I was seriously considering trying to get into a combat role once i got in. Viewing this movie made me question how I feel about dying for this country. After some time I arrived to the conclusion that I would if I ever had to. See, the thing is, while your type hides behind eloquence and superficial rantings, others put their lives on the line for what they believe in because it's what the think is true, similar to how you think your belief is the truth.
My father once said to me that he doesn't serve the American government or private corporation interest but instead he serves the American public. That's what you would never understand. Screw politics and propaganda and all that comes with it because that has nothing and I mean nothing to do with service. Service is about wanting to protect something that YOU feel is worth protecting even if that thing is completely wrong or evil. The most intriguing part is the idea of what is 'right' or 'wrong' because their definitions are completely subjective. That being said, it can be concluded that there is no right or wrong but instead peoples separate interpretations of right or wrong. Until we learn to respect other peoples interpretations as equivocal to our own then we could never have any kind of lasting peace. I say this to say that your smug condescension of the beliefs of an "indoctrinated American" is the same beast that creates the war and ideologies that you so clearly despise.
In conclusion,I just mean to say, stop thinking of yourself as superior to everyone else and respect their viewpoint as equal to your own because it's just as valid as your own and then maybe, just maybe, this world would become a better place in which young men like Chance Phelps get to live rich and full lives instead of losing it in a meaningless war.
Oh one last thing, Americans are misled by their government? Name me one country, empire, nation, or leadership institution that didn't mislead it's people and I will worship you as if you were a golden deity. People seem to forget that America hasn't done anything any other nation hasn't done before. Exploit, kill, profit is the motto for anything national my friend.
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