Last night I heard on PBS the description of a professional American armed force that does not welcome the *conscript soldier.. or Draftee-
American military does not need anyone on duty who does not want to be there or shows a negitive attitude.. High Tech equipment needs trained professionals with hands-on experiance. Draftee's would be a encumberence.. and in abundence, a danger forceing "make work" or mindless tasks to keep them occupied<G> The current US Military is BIG BUSINESS! ..and business is winning war! *Yet key to any recent action, is the Reserveist- The media loves to show the reservist transitioning from civilian life to military duty with heart tugging images of Mom or Dad leaveing.. children. I have to wonder what "Duty" would pull me from my role as father? I susspect- *Reserveist pay is used to bankroll the family in the way a workingman would pick up an extra job to make the bills easier.. What about Gen-X and the comming wave of citizens out of current underfunded public schools? What about decaying cities, crime and a tight job market? How does a young person find their way in this world? Warfare in modern times is evolving into something never seen before known as the "Bloodless war" where our troops use tools to search or recon by remote control. Aircraft is being developed to substitute for pilots and withstand extream forces to successfully dogfight beyond the physical abilities of humans! In the recent Afgan war- *"global hawk" was deployed over targets to circle and stand watch for individuals on the ground.. and had the ability to target and hit them with force! *Who needs PFC Mitch Silvers! Who needs the raw recruit, that stormed Normandy in '44 or fought Tet '68? To me the future Vet parades will be made of GI dog faces soldiers, but only a few retiree's who can't talk about where they were, what they did.. or what went on in so many places they can't remember'em! *This thinking is so prominent, that the "Masters of War" now can sit back and play domination poker with video control. *Billions and BILLIONS of American dollars are invested... to build an exclusive machine of global war- New thought- ----------- Let's use those BILLIONS to better our society.. Let's take fresh minds and put them to work fighting crime and standing guard in our cities. Let's have them work in medical facilites and serve as Teachers in early childhood education.. Let's have them work on the "Infastructure" in differnt communities to broaden their horizion's and outlook and fuel the fire to learn! Let's make it manditory and universal so as to have the "privliged" mix with the "deprived".. *Let's make the parents THINK about where their kids are going and proud of what they are doing.. In closeing- *Elvis was drafted.. and served! -=A=- ===== *High MORALE is the Index of effective Leadership. --------------********+********-------------------- Morale raises belief of the Leader in the follower, of the follower in the Leader, of each in themself, and both in the .....cause! __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______ "Do to others as you would have them do to you." -- Luke 6:31 (NIV) List host: http://eBible.org/mpj/ List info: http://RangerNet.org/faq.htm To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm
