Does Soldiers Fight For The Wrong Cause?

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I believe the person dictating the speech has proven a point when it comes to men giving themselves away in order to serve a wrong purpose, a wrong cause. Sometimes people get vulnerable and follow those whom seem powerful, demanding and/or controlling over others. Men give themselves to others whom disrespect them, take a hold of their lives, treat them as if they were dogs and consider them as objects in war instead humans. Men end up serving people who have hate in their hearts and end up doing wrongful things. These men don’t care about others but themselves. They have been contaminated with filth such as selfishness, greed, jealousy, and evil. Soldiers fight for the wrong cause, because of fear and manipulation. Men must learn to fight

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