McCain picks Alaska's Govenor for VP

[Manarius]

Originally Posted by lhopp77

Last time I checked it seemed that every single soldier, airman, sailor, marine serving in Iraq is a volunteer. Doesn't that they mean chose to be there??? AND, the vast majority of them believe in and fully support what they are doing.

Take the blinders off.................

They are the true patriots--not pinkos like you.

Lee

And John McCain's foreign policies are the kind that will take that "volunteer" army and turn it to a drafted one. Especially with his "shoot first, ask questions later" cowboy diplomacy.

This country can't afford more wars. We just can't. With John McCain in office, war is something that will loom.

[newsvx]

Originally Posted by lhopp77

Last time I checked it seemed that every single soldier, airman, sailor, marine serving in Iraq is a volunteer. Doesn't that they mean chose to be there??? AND, the vast majority of them believe in and fully support what they are doing.

Take the blinders off.................

They are the true patriots--not pinkos like you.

Lee

Lee,
Having retired from the military, I think you are the one with blinders. Our troops (whether volunteers or drafted) will usually follow orders regardless if they believe in the mission or not. And just because they are a volunteer, it does not mean they 1) want to be there or 2) believe we should be there.
And I beg you to not refer to anyone as a "pinko" just because they disagree with our government. That harkins back to the Bush administration where their attitude was, "You are either with us or against us". A very sad state of affairs in our history.
Harry

[Royal Tiger]

I thought that was funny. Eh.

I chose to serve and was ready to deply to the mid east when they sent me to Texas instead for leadership school. Then I signed up for another deployment that was later taken from the Reserves and given to the Guard. Most people I know that went said they would go back. What's that tell you? Nothing you'll hear a democrat admit.

[NikFu S.]

I think I've said this before, but everyone I know who re-deploys does it for the money.

[Royal Tiger]

Originally Posted by NikFu S.

I think I've said this before, but everyone I know who re-deploys does it for the money.

Nothing Un-American about that. This is a free market Country. How's that saying go, For Love or Money?

[newsvx]

Okay, it has finally come to this!!

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Queen Elizabeth II

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[lhopp77]

Wouldn't that be about the worst thing you could imagine??????????? Well, except maybe Obama being elected.

Oh, and many posts are not worthy of further comment.

Lee

[NikFu S.]

Originally Posted by Royal Tiger

Nothing Un-American about that. This is a free market Country. How's that saying go, For Love or Money?

Where I'm from it's "For the love of money".

It's not un-American at all but it's not exactly patriotic or honorable which is also fine with me, but the way people spin a soldiers life into some heroic tale makes me sick.
Sure there are heroes, but they are far and few between.

[ensteele]

Originally Posted by NikFu S.

Where I'm from it's "For the love of money".

It's not un-American at all but it's not exactly patriotic or honorable which is also fine with me, but the way people spin a soldiers life into some heroic tale makes me sick.
Sure there are heroes, but they are far and few between.

Have you ever served in the military?

[newsvx]

Originally Posted by ensteele

Have you ever served in the military?

Earl,
Good question, and I would guess, "Probably not".

Harry

[RSVX]

Originally Posted by NikFu S.

Where I'm from it's "For the love of money".

It's not un-American at all but it's not exactly patriotic or honorable which is also fine with me, but the way people spin a soldiers life into some heroic tale makes me sick.
Sure there are heroes, but they are far and few between.

You know WHY they do it for the money? Because the pay is ALREADY SH!T. How do I know? Been there done that.

Try working in a career as demanding and dangerous as the military and after 8 years of your life you are only making slightly over $30,000 (Enlisted). Think about it.

When I was in, I happily deployed to Persian Gulf regions because I believed in what we were doing, the extra money was a bonus. Most of the people (90%) had the same mindset as me.

Originally Posted by ensteele

Have you ever served in the military?

I know, right?

Originally Posted by newsvx

Earl,
Good question, and I would guess, "Probably not".

Harry

Definitely not.

[ensteele]

Originally Posted by newsvx

Earl,
Good question, and I would guess, "Probably not".

Harry

That says it all when it comes to his remarks about the pay and why they do it. If he knew how much I got in the 70s, he would be shocked. Then again, probably not.

[Noir]

Originally Posted by lhopp77

Last time I checked it seemed that every single soldier, airman, sailor, marine serving in Iraq is a volunteer. Doesn't that they mean chose to be there??? AND, the vast majority of them believe in and fully support what they are doing.

Take the blinders off.................

They are the true patriots--not pinkos like you.

Lee

Every night I pray that the next world war comes quickly. I want to sign up and be a true patriot. Bombing our foes with the high likely hood of real retaliation would be very exciting. The Iraq War is cool but the sporadic exchange of gunfire and the lack of body parts littering the bloodied streets makes it boring . I think we should agitate Russia, China, and Iran and force them into forming a coalition against us.

If we can turn the pinko's to patriots, we can bring peace to this world through domination.

I can't wait.

[dromano]

Originally Posted by ensteele

That says it all when it comes to his remarks about the pay and why they do it. If he knew how much I got in the 70s, he would be shocked. Then again, probably not.

Try the 60's, as an E6 the most in one year was 4416. That's 368 a month.
While in Viet Nam there was an extra 50 a month. The real good news: beer was 10 cents

[ensteele]

Originally Posted by Noir

The Iraq War is cool but the sporadic exchange of gunfire and the lack of body parts littering the bloodied streets makes it boring.

I don't think you have been watching this very closely. The suicide bombers have kept the body parts flying for quite some time now.