The wind is rocking the boat and mist is hitting your face as you come to a decision that will inevitably change the entire course of your life. Possible death awaits you across the ocean fighting a war that isn't yours and you do not agree with. While peace and a new life awaits you across the shore of the river to Canada. If faced with this decision, I would choose to go to war for the benefit of my country and the honor of my family. No one ever wants to shame their family by becoming a coward and not doing your duty as an American citizen. My family has had a long history of being in the military and that is something that i hold in high regard.
My cousin is a helicopter pilot for the marines and he has been deployed twice now over in the Middle East. I can see the respect that my family has for him and the decision that he made to enlist and possibly go career. they speak highly of him and see him as a hero. I would want the same thing for not only myself, but the courage I want my family to have. No matter the risk or unpleasant consequences, never letting my family down has, and always will be, my number one priority. I would deal with the consequential nightmares and horrors I would see by telling myself that I made my family proud, and that is more than enough reason for me.
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