On Sunday March 30, 2003 08:31 pm, Net Llama! wrote: <snip> > Support our military does not equate to being patriotic, or supporting > the war. Those who lump all of them together are spewing propaganda. > > Sure, i don't like to hear when any member of our military is injured, > or worse killed. But at the same time, every single one of them > *VOLUNTEERED* to join the military. None of them were pressed into > service via conscription or a draft. It bugs the hell out of me when > some of them in Iraq and/or Afghanistan are quoted as giving reasons for > being in the military such as "i wanted a way to pay for college", or "i > needed suplimentary income". Joining the military should be first, and > formost, done because you want to support your country in its time of > need. Not because you lack the funds to accomplish your life goals. > That's a nice added benefit, but anyone who joined with the sole > intention of being a peacetime veteran was both naive & foolish. > > ===== > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Linux Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com
I wasn't going to pop in this thread, but what you said in that last paragraph made a lot of sense. I served in the US Air Force in peace time(1984-1988). When I was in basic training, our TI(DI in other branches), asked us what the mission of the Air Force was. Some said, "Fly, Fight, Win" and other things. He said, "No". I raised my hand and said, "To kill". I knew what answer he wanted. Some of the people in the military don't realise that. He told us if there was anyone there that was uncomfortable with that, they could get a bus ticket home. Serving during peace time is rare for most military members. But you need to remember you can go to war at anytime. I was in when the US bombed Lybia in 1987. It was a tense time in the military. We didn't know if it would lead to war or not, but if it did we realized that we signed our name on the dotted line and took an oath and we would go if ordered. To those that might be thinking of joining the military, don't sign your name, don't take that oath unless you understand what it means. You might get lucky and not see combat or you might be ordered into combat. Just don't be naive and foolish and think that you'll never see combat no matter what your job is. Jim -- 1:01am up 6 days, 4:21, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Running Mandrake 9.0 - Linux - because life is too short for reboots... _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/general
