Exercise 4.1

In this exercise we were asked to look through someone who had read your paper's perspective and ask ourselves questions they might ask. Then we had to respond to the questions we asked ourselves. Here are my results: Dave's Questions What’s the big deal about this? How can the military possibly be doing harm, outside of the killing involved? Do you think we, the U.S., get involved in another country’s conflict? Based on everything you have learned so far, what’s your point? Cody's Answers First off, the military are the people who “project” us and “fight for our freedom” so why wouldn’t you care about who is doing that. I think that the big deal is that the military are the people who go out and fight for/represent our country. I think that the military can do harm by spending too much. Due to being in several conflicts back to back the pentagon keeps increasing military spending. Another thing to think about are the physical and emotional effects on troops as a result of combat. I think that sometimes we shouldn't get involved in another country’s conflict. I think that if it is something between two sides of the country and the result won’t affect us then we shouldn't do anything to intervene. My point is that the military can do both harm and good at the same time. While the military can protect us from attack it can also be used in a terroristic manner to get what we want.