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I agree with paying the piper, but a lot of people have a problem with feeling used to fight Bush's wars. (maybe not my opinions, but the opinions of many Americans) (also, this is not to threadjack about who started what war). Many people sign up for the reserves to DEFEND America. Different people have different feelings about what defending America is. Prior to 9/11, how many call ups for reserves were there? And what was the chance of getting called up? I went to North Georgia College and State University, Georgia's military college. One poor girl who is a student there has been called up three different times. In 3 years she has completed 2 semesters. She signed up to pay for school and then commission in the Army. She is M.P. First, she guarded Fort Benning. Then she went to Camp XRAY. Then she went to Afghanistan. If you feel that you have paid your time and done your duty, now you cannot even leave if your unit is going to be deployed and you are a short timer. How many private businesses have been wrecked because owners are getting called up repeatedly. At the most, poeple expected to fight one war, not two or three.
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