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Originally Posted by florida0214
You are very wrong. The Air Force for example will not accpet you if you do not have a high school diploma. Period. No waiver no excuses. You don't have a high school diploma from an attendance based high school that is also accredited, you cannot join.
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It never ceases to amaze me how little people know the military. In case you've been misinformed (obviously you have),
high school drop outs can serve in the air force. All you need is 15 units at a JC that works on a semester system, or 23 credits at a JC that works on a quarter system. I have a good friend who's in the air force now, and going to be shipped out to Iraq in a few months, who never graduated or got an alternative (GED, etc.).
Why is it an anti-war peacenik like myself knows that, and yet conservatives that think they're supporting the troops don't?
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Originally Posted by florida0214
People now a days are less patriotic and have very little respect for our country. No matter who is in office from this point on Americans will take it for granted that somebody else will go off and fight for the country. This is what it has come down to.
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Why would I want to respect someone who allows themselves to be a pawn with a gun? I don't understand where this "support our troops" thing came from...it must be left over from WWII. I support those who are willing to fight and die for freedom and liberty and peace and justice. That's not the military, at least any more. I feel badly that so many are in harms way, injured or killed, but either they are aware that what they are doing is wrong and are resoponsible for themselves, or they are unaware that what they are doing is wrong and are killing without thinking. Both of those options are pretty bad, and I refuse to "support" them in their actions. There are notable exceptions, of course:
-conscientous objectors
-deserters
-former military officers who work for peace