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CMV: Veterans don't deserve to treated like guests of honor everywhere they go just because they're vetreans.

   *Please note I am referring to U.S veterans, I have little to no experience with non-U.S veterans* 

     The way I see it society places to much importance on those who kill or help to kill for a living. It's entirely like they're a protected cast within society. A veteran could cop a feel of your girlfriends ass, spit in your face and if you punch him for it you'll end up in the local news for disrespecting a veteran. Oh and you'd end up in jail to. People will buy vets dinner if they're in uniform. They get to show off in parades. So many other things to I just don't want to list them all or forgot what they are but long story short if you go into the military your gonna have your ego stoked by society till the end of days.

   Now let's examine WHY people give so much respect to veterans,  most accept the belief that they "fight for your freedom" and "protect your country" but let's go back, when in the last  70 years has a war been fought that did either of those things. Officially the wars went like this. Korea: stop communism from influencing a country far far away, Vietnam: same thing. Iraq 1: make other people free, Iraq 2: get revenge for 9/11. Afghanistan: same thing. I personally think those are terrible reasons to throw people into the meat grinder of war and I think most of you would probably agree. So let's look at the real reason.

     Money, war makes money, for many many contractors in the United States. The military industrial complex. That's all it is it's that simple. War is fought so some people back home with political lobbying connections can get rich.

    If you have or intend to join America's next quest for freedom then you're making a bad call, the pay is shit, you're killing people who are probably just defending their home from you. And if your not doing the killing then you're in a role that helps to expedite those that are doing the killing. Also killing for money is wrong, not sure if I brought that up yet. 

     So back to question A. Why do people respect veterans so much? I have no fucking idea someone please explain it to me.
gpt
You see the military as 'killers', essentially. Think of them as protectors and you might be inclined to show respect without begrudging them.

Obviously, if an individual gives you reason not to respect them - don't. Still though, if you didn't have a military we, the British, would still be lording it over you and stealing your tax money and making you eat fish'n'chips. So be grateful.