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I've spent 10 years with a mix of active duty and the Reserves/NG as an infantryman. I've taken two trips over to the ME in that time. 1995-1996 with the 82nd, to Israel and Egypt; and then 2004-2005 (14 months total) to Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Iraq with the 29th ID. (most of that time was in the Ghazni and Paktika provinces of Afghanistan.)
I will be headed back again next year in a new line of work.
Whoozyerdaddy
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Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
I'll have to search for it but I remember hearing that something like .7% of the population at large has a relative serving in Iraq and 1% of congress has a relative serving in Iraq.
But now we're into a whole other thread...
1% while they try to convince you how special this war is.. seems like a lack of support
But more support than the population at large.
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
I'll have to search for it but I remember hearing that something like .7% of the population at large has a relative serving in Iraq and 1% of congress has a relative serving in Iraq.
But now we're into a whole other thread...
I dont care if this is OT, paletroll is a troll anyway, but i would like the link because i know its BS. There is NO WAY that can be true--unless thats from some right wing blog.
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Like I said, I have nothing to prove to you.
And I may be a troll, but it was my intention to spark off a debate on the draft... so if anything, I'm trolling for feelings on that subject. what else does one do in a poltical forum, anyways? Should we all just agree on everything political and discuss football instead?
How come anyone who passionately disagrees with the liberal majority on this site is a "troll"?!
dahunan
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Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
I'll have to search for it but I remember hearing that something like .7% of the population at large has a relative serving in Iraq and 1% of congress has a relative serving in Iraq.
But now we're into a whole other thread...
1% while they try to convince you how special this war is.. seems like a lack of support
But more support than the population at large.
Their family lives off of the public tit for most of their whole life .. you would think they would send more of their children to reimburse us for the tax money they steal from us.
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So now a republican government is "stealing" tax money? oh the irony...Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
I'll have to search for it but I remember hearing that something like .7% of the population at large has a relative serving in Iraq and 1% of congress has a relative serving in Iraq.
But now we're into a whole other thread...
1% while they try to convince you how special this war is.. seems like a lack of support
But more support than the population at large.
Their family lives off of the public tit for most of their whole life .. you would think they would send more of their children to reimburse us for the tax money they steal from us.
please stay OT. draft = the topic.
Don Vito Corleone
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You are a troll because you are starting a "debate" with a laughably stupid premise, in an obvious attempt to start an argument.
As a fellow serviceperson, I'm ashamed of your ignorance.
First of all the chickenhawks won't reinstate the draft. Under the current draft rules most defferments are out the window. I can't see a senator or congressman voting for it knowing their children could be drafted.
dahunan
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Originally posted by: palehorse74
So now a republican government is "stealing" tax money? oh the irony...Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: dahunan
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
I'll have to search for it but I remember hearing that something like .7% of the population at large has a relative serving in Iraq and 1% of congress has a relative serving in Iraq.
But now we're into a whole other thread...
1% while they try to convince you how special this war is.. seems like a lack of support
But more support than the population at large.
Their family lives off of the public tit for most of their whole life .. you would think they would send more of their children to reimburse us for the tax money they steal from us.
please stay OT. draft = the topic.
Not the Republicans.. ALL OF THEM.. .all congressmen and politicians are overpaid for their dishonesty and lies - Democrats included -- They are all welfare recipients who raise their own wages even when their own PIGPEN ***Washington DC*** is starving and uneducated and has the worst murder rate and drug overdoe rate IN THE ENTIRE WORLD
BTW, I hate politics and politicians ..
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I'm passionate about the war on terror, but one could hardly label me a fanatic. I look at every "political" issue rationally and tend to fall towards the center on most. I'm also a scholar of history and religion, with a focus on fanatical Islam and terrorism. I'm deist, pro-choice, and middle-income... none of which align me with the far-right. In fact, I fear them as much as the far-left!
The truth is, I feel very passionately about ridding the world of terrorists and religious fanatics (Pat Robertson included! lol); and have therefore dedicated both my military and civilian careers to that end.
A fanatic? not at all.. but say what you wish...
My intent with this thread was to state my frsutrations with the general ignorance my countrymen have toward the reality of the ME. The truth is that we are doing so much good over there, but the media will never say so. Their liberal agenda prevents that truth from eaching the average citizen.
One way to overcome that would be to re-institute a draft. It would force alot of young americans, who would otherwise be ignorant of the truth, to see it firsthand.
It's a theory, nothing more.
But in the attempt to rid the world of terrorists we make more, the irony ...
Imho the war on terror shouldn't involve mass troops / nation building, it should be handled by special / black ops.
5150Joker
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I think the OP = nerd that has never left his parents basement pretending to be a soldier. Go back to playing BF2, junior.
umbrella39
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You're passionate about the "War on Terror" and yet you support attacking and occupying a country which had nothing, it has been proven, to do with any terror attacks on the U.S.
I'd go for drafting the children of the politicians who support this "war", along with the big mouthed supporters who talk big but aren't there.
I'd go for drafting the children of the politicians who support this "war", along with the big mouthed supporters who talk big but aren't there.
umbrella39
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