Something's very wrong with a nation that would rather spend money on war than take care of its children.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sending our youth to war is wrong.
The problem is, we live in a society where all that interests us is power and money. So we don't have any interest in our children, and what we leave for our children is not important.
We can't afford to sacrifice another generation of American children to bureaucratic politics. We've got to get it done. The future, the health, the life - our nation depends on it and it's just foolish to think or act otherwise.
It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it.
I think we put our children at an enormous disadvantage by not educating them in war, by not letting them understand about it at an early age.
It's a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as materials you can mine, assay, and fabricate for profit and defense.
All of us aspire to give our children something more, leave a country to our children that is a better one, a stronger one, with better jobs and growth and opportunity.
When a government goes to war, particularly a democracy, it is the most solemn and awesome responsibility of our leaders - to decide to send our kids to go off and kill and die for us.
It's important to give a better country to your children, but it is more important to give better children to your country.
Generosity has built America. When we fail to invest in children, we have to pay the cost.