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Old 04-26-2002, 12:39 PM   #1
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People in the MUD community, especially in one like this, are usually pretty smart, but even more-so opinionated. So I say, why not bring up issues that kind of anger us or annoy us, or disturb us and see how everyone else feels about it?

About a year ago, I was almost confident I wanted to join the US Army, and eventually become a Special Forces Operative. Hell, it looked like a lot of fun, all that glory and big expensive weaponry. Unfortunately I grew up a lot in a year, and realized that there is very little glory in war, and even more so when you're actually killing people.... all the time.

I see these commercials on TV, and these slogans like "Go Navy" or "Start your life in the right direction." The problem is, they make it look like a game. Wow, you get to be a navy seal... drive a raft.. be SUPER ELITE. Even though there is a good chance you will never even SEE that area of service, and even if you do, a good chance you might die  Hey, dieing for your country is what we gotta do though. All these people that say "War doesn't accomplish anything" need to speak with some jews that were rescued by Allied Forces out of concentration camps during WW2. Point is though, there is little honor in dieing when you panicked and ran away. The US Military needs to realize, when you recruit "Communications Specialists" that want to have "fun" fighting a "good war" that there's going to be a definite break-down in the ranks. They need to realize that the target of their recruitment doesn't need to be a college graduate that has the highest GPA... it needs to be that of a soldier. A soldier that accepts the risks and knows he is fighting for his country, and not for a $10,000 scholarship. Like one recruiter told me when I told him I didn't care about the money, "None of that matters if you don't have freedom anyways."

Army of One? Yeah... shipped to Korea to patrol a heavily mined sector of a hotzone between the two countries. "Get out there son, you ARE our army of one. Go find them landmines." No sorry guys, no BS, let's just get some damned good soliders that'll get the job done.
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