War toys seem to have become politically incorrect. Does this give children a false sense of security or weaken our Nation?

I played with them my kids played with them and my grandson plays with them.
And i don't care what they say it has not been a bad thing to use our imageanation.

I've been collecting GI Joes I've gotten a few off of ebay I have all of the figures that represent Medal of Honor recipients and I have General Colin Powell MacArthur Eisenhower and JFK pt 109!

If those who are so vocal about this BS would spend the time to teach and mold their children into responsible adults, give them help when they need it and set an example, they wouldn't have to worry about toys and games. I shudder to think of what their reaction would have been when we were playing war with the souvenirs our parents brought home from WWII.

There becomes a time, that by shielding a kid from everything bad or distasteful- that you end up leaving them unarmed to face the world.

I wonder if the premise of the question is even correct. G.I. Joes continue to be made, and there are G.I. Joe movies and cartoons. I think the idea that some toy is going to give kids a false sense of security or weaken our nation is a huge stretch. But I think lots of the types of toys we grew up with have been replaced by military type computer games anyway.

None of those responses really capture my feelings so I'll leave the vote blank. I'll just leave it as I had a lot of GI Joe's like the one pictured when I was a kid. I also had toy guns and knives and played all kinds of "war" games with them. None of that hurt me in any way or anyone I played with.

Hiding the world from children, to include the use of "polite euphemisms" and not talking about death ("Fido's gone on a big adventure, chasing rabbits and sniffing butts," as opposed to, "Fido died due to old age.") cannot at all be beneficial to a child's maturation.

The sooner a person learns the realities of life, the sooner they can learn to cope with it.

War toys are conversation starters. I would ask my Dad what stuff (GI Joe accessories) was. He would explain. Tell a story about him, my uncles, or his dad using the item etc. parents can then control how much how soon. the violence never solved anything crowd needs to read a history book. As I got older, discussions turned to the costs of war, the nations survival, and alternatives. Helps you understand your burden and obligation as a citizen.

I can see it now. The new politically correct GI Joe/Jane that talk. Joes goes to the NCO club (in uniform) and sees GI Jane talking to Bi-sexual Barbie. Everything is fine until GI Parsons comes in with his Bible and all hell breaks loose. Jane and Barbie tell GI Parsons that you respect our beliefs and bake us a cake. An activist judge holds up their lawsuit while down the road a Jihadist bakes a cake with a severed head on it. What bakery would you go to?

Hey I am like that CPT in Stripes, playing with my little soldiers as we speak, :)