why is it fighting for your country is the only way for you to "earn to live here"? that is such a misguided point of view. i earn it every god damn day i work and go to school to better myself as well as my country. i help create and stimulate the economy, how is my role not just as important? there are plenty enough ppl to fight and there always has been, if not we have a draft that can be implemented, which has been done plenty of times before and works!. i am going to school as we speak to become an engineer, an engineer that hopefully will be working for lockheed, a company directly involved with the military(airforce/Navy specifically). though my role as a "civilian" is more closely involved with the military than most, doesnt make any other working class citizen less important to this country. this is also coming from a son and grandson of past military veterans. my dad has been in the airforce for 35+ yrs and actively fought(gulf war, kuwat, Iraq) so that me his son wouldnt have to. I definitly respect his decision to join (he even went through the Academy), but it was his choice! he also respects that the military isnt for me.