Professional soldier forbidden full auto.

Ahem, serving the constitution, NOT the state.

And as a matter of fact, it does. The same way a doctor is special, or any other specialization or job makes you special. You know how to do some things that others that don't have the training to do, or experience other people won't. I do not know how to do a doctor's job, how to build a house, design a car, run plumbing, etc. Just depends on what you define 'special' as.

xcgates said:

Ahem, serving the constitution, NOT the state.

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The same way our esteemed politicians uphold the Constitution?

By that, I meant pissing all over the Constitution.

All right, this is going far too far. Every citizen owes a debt of gratitude to our servicemen and women, regardless of how they feel about politicians.

I think our OP's question has been answered sufficiently and we've wandered far enough to have just about lost sight of the high road.