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Originally Posted by Stompy
Um, volunteer means ... they, using their own free will and choice, sign up.. not being solicited and lied to in an attempt to lure kids into becoming soldiers. It's pretty shameful.
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All I have to say is, this is the way the world works. Period. They are doing nothing new. Just change the word soldier to jut about anything else. Catholic, hippie, drugie, sports star, suicide bomber, ect. They are doing nothing new, and nothing that every other group on the planet aren't doing. At least this is a group that tries to instill a sense of honor and responcibliety in people. Shameful? Maybe. But they are better then about 99% of the other options.
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Originally Posted by Stompy
...and yes, they do lie to you to try and get you to sign up. "Here's a photo album of all the awesome places I saw during my time! *shows all kinds of photos that look Vacationish*" Meanwhile.. your kid signs up and is shipped to Iraq. Yeah, I'm sure they're enjoying that one...
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Not a big recruting tool any more. Hell more of them show pics of them huddled down in full gear hidin behind a wall or in a hole somewhere joking wiht a bunch of of there boys then they do the vacation spots. Yes, they will ie through their teeth if they have to, they are sales men, after all. But if you believe anything a recruter tells you other then the rank on his sleeve, you're moron and have it comeing anyway. My recruter loved me. I was one of the ones that showed up out of the blue and said "Sign me up" before he could even start on the ssales pitch. A good number of my friends are exmilitary, so I knew what I was getting into. And I have a good number of friends over in Iraq right now, and you would be amazed athow many of them DO enjoy themselves there. There are some hard times, and I am not trying to make it sound like they enjoy blowing people up or anythig like that, but they have forged some close and lasting relationships with people over there, and once it is all said and done, when they come home, they will have people that are closer then blood to them. SOme of them also hate it in the extreem though, so again, just shows, life is what you make it.
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Originally Posted by Stompy
As parents, it's their responsibility to warn their kids about this so they aren't duped into something they'll later regret.
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And what makes you think they will regret it? Could be the best thing they ever did for themselfs.
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Given the current state of affairs in the world, and how our troops aren't being used to protect us, I don't blame the parents for bein pissed off. I wouldn't want my kid dying for a cause that has nothing to do with us (Iraq).
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It didn't have anything to do with at first. I won't argue that at all. But now it has EVERYTHING to do with us. We opened a can of worms taht will huant us for a long time with this, but now that it's open, we had best make sure we finish it. Much as we can't seem to afford to fight this war, we can afford to lose it even less. the time to debate the justness or need for this war is long past. That ended when our boys hit the groun running. Now it's time to get behind them and do everything we can to make sure they have what they need to get he job done and come home safe.