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Originally Posted by JohnnyD
I have a very high respect for most people that sign up for the military.
However, my experience has been that the just about every Marine drinks the patriotic kool-aid. If their superiors say Iraq is a threat, then they believe Iraq is a threat, no questions asked. Marines are trained to be subordinate, and questioning their country is an ultimate sign of insubordination. Also, just about every single one I have met had extremely conservative views.
The irony is that I probably would have been a Marine Officer if I wasn't medically declined a few months in.
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That's pretty short sighted to label all Marines as subordinate cool-aid drinking conservatives.
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