Why do men fight for their country these days.?

Question

The women back home arent what you would call fighting for material.

The country you are fighting for is not exactly what it used to be - multi cultural

The government hardly looks after you if you are lucky to return

You will more than likely lose your kids to a cheating wife who has a new boyfreind because you fought too long

Feminism put you just about pond scum.

What is there to fight for exactly. What gives a man the patriotism these days to put their lives on the line.

Answer 1

it is the only source of income (for some to be politically correct) others are lonely so they better join the army

Answer 2

i believe we dont have a choice.. not because we are forced by the law to fight and women aren't.. we are forced by our conscience to protect our women and children despite all the negative possibilities.

yes, men are still so stupid to go to the front lines even if they are most likely to lose their kids to a cheating wife who has a new boyfriend because they fought too long.

yes, women don't seem to care, and yes, we have to live with that.. because we are men.

Answer 3

Multiculturalism?! <sarcasm>OH, NO!!!</sarcasm>

I'll agree with you about the government's subpar treatment of veterans (and active-duty soldiers), but everything else can so easily knocked down that it wouldn't even be fun.

EDIT: Gladly. Firstly, women don't need to be "fought for"; it's hardly as if anyone rapes and pillages (on foreign soil, I mean) these days. Secondly, unless you can prove to me that the majority of army wives and girlfriends are unfaithful, I don't want to hear that one. Thirdly, the sentence about feminism doesn't make any sense, but I assume you think feminists see men as pond scum — which, of course, we do not. Are we done here?

Answer 4

Again, your point is well taken.. I wouldn't fight for this country and I am American. USA is a big w***e. I am public enemy # 1 - White male.  And, I know what you mean about the multi-cultural thing.  Why give when you got others taking so much.  So, now I take too

Answer 5

Lets see:

College Money

Get out of mom's house

feed starving family

repay student loans

nothing better to do

Those are the big ones, unless you are talking about the marines then there is a significant number of people joining because they think they are going to get a sword and want to be called a marine.  ugh

Answer 6

And thats why the military goes younger and younger.

Answer 7

I'm too bored right now to challenge your sexist trolling (it's not particularly original, either, so I'd be repeating myself)... but what on Earth is wrong with multi-culturalism? Single, original cultures are actually pretty boring. And mostly a collection of traditions for tradition's sake. With dull food. Multi-culturalism should be encouraged just for variety's sake, if nothing else.

Answer 8

your point is well taken. this country is not worth fighting for. it has gone to complete garbage. and i wouldnt fight for it.

Answer 9

"The country you are fighting for is not exactly what it used to be - multi cultural."

Well, they certainly wouldn't fight for you. Most men (and women) with honor wouldn't lay their lives on the line for a racist and a sexist.

Answer 10

One word=America!

Answer 11

Sigh...men don't just fight for the country for the sake of saving women, the cultural variety or the patriotism of one specific culture, or  even for the cheating boyfriend.

Let's see you LIVE in this country, the military's JOB is to PROTECT this country, to PROTECT other countries (or follow whatever political goal the government assigns the military)  and do the job that hey YOU VOLUNTEERED FOR if you joined the military.  It's called appreciation for HAVING a country to do everything that people can do without some communist, some dictator, or SOME system that would either kill you, eject you or WHATEVER just because you had an opinion or wanted to 'express' something.  

You complain about multiculturalism, well of course you get that because you have OODLES of people trying to live here, if it wasn't so d**n great then i guess we'd all be going to Australia or Great Britian now wouldn't we?  It's diverse because people have rights...not necessarily freedom but if you do somethin foul or talk out your *ss you actually have a court system that can actually let you do it freely....like you trolling yahoo answers.  Dont' try speaking your opinions freely in africa or h**l maybe even iraq....anyone catching wind and doesn't like it might not be so 'unactive' to retaliate.

Have you been in the military?  This isn't 1970's 80's dude, if you even knew HALF the stuff the military veterans have available to them you'd be suprised, it's just that unfortunately some of our veteran's aren't AWARE of the benefits or just foolishly took care of themselves like they were supposed to when they got it.  Not backin the government up THAT MUCH but we DO have reasonable benefits.

Cheatin wives is not the military's fault, it's the person who dated the pieces of sh*t in the first place....maybe they should've took MORE time to date and see how 'devoted' that person was before marrying them.  

No not so much feminism but just people such as yourself who complain about their own country and blab about how everything we attempt is useless and stupid and how the country is run wrong BUT YET YOU STILL LIVE IN THE SO-CALLED 'SH*THOLE'! How ironic to insult the area you live in? Why not just LEAVE?  Go to mexico, Canada, h**l i believe feminism isn't severe in Britian in fact people say it's even bettter than america.  

I mean seriously man, that's like eating pancakes everyday but always complaining they taste nasty.  Patriotism is for those who care about their families, their lifestyle opportunities provided from this country, and the opportunity to do something for those who DON'T see it like you do.  They are patriotic for the sake of those who UNDERSTAND AND CARE for their cause, not cause of the governments way or for unappreciative feminists (i don't even know where that came from ) , or even the 'war is wrong' activists who think they're scum for doing their job...they do it for the ones who actually COUNT.  

That's why i'm here now in freakin kuwait/iraq, i'm providing for my family with the money i earn, and doing my part for the sake of the country, if it means money so be it, freedom so be it, some sort of advance, it's what i volunteered for so be it.  In the end i get to go home to my beautiful wife who IS VERY FAITHFUL TO ME, to my family who support me fully, and to people who respect my mission and who I AM...not you, or the other people who think differently, or not even for Bush, i just follow his orders because he's in command for now.  

Period.

Answer 12

Sure, we've seen a decline in morals and decency over the years, but we're still the greatest country in the world and that in itself is worth fighting for.

Answer 13

I think I've talked to you about this before. I told you that there are just as many women fighting for our country as there are men. What's the deal with  you? are you a war vet that lost his wife to another man while in Iraqi? The same thing that happens to men while over sea's now happens to women as well. There have been plenty of women who've come home and found their spouse was less than faithful. It happens all the time.

Edit: Aman Dennis! Well said! I can even give an example of some of the mistakes some men make when choosing a military spouse. For example, there as a petty officer I was cool with on the ship, who married his girlfriend of 2 MONTHS, because he wanted to make sure she would “be ok” while we where gone on our 6 month deployment. We begged and pleaded with this guy not to marry her. She was not the type of woman that would be faithful to him while he was gone.  Well, about 3 ½ to 4 months into the deployment, it was official that they where getting a divorce. She’d already cheated on him with some guy who worked at the base Commissary. To make matters worse, he’d re-enlisted in the Navy for another 6 years, and he received a huge re-enlistment bonus that put a nice chunk of change in his bank account. Since they where still married, she had access to it, and she with drew over $30,000 from his checking and savings account! She jetted with all his money! He lost it, he was running through the ship screaming “I’m gonna kill that *****”.  He had a nervous break down. Luckily the JAG officers where able to work out a deal with the bank and made her replenish his account since he’d filed for a separation prior to receiving the bonus. Trust me, I have plenty more stories of Sailors and Marines just waking up one morning and deciding to get married to some girl they hardly know. One of my friends married a stripper after one of those mornings. God only knows how that went.

Answer 14

Oh come on now, why does equality cause you such anguish?