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Old 05-02-2006, 11:29 AM   #1
Jimbo
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Now, now, a laugh taketh away wrath. I actually thought Spence's Snake comment was pretty funny considering the solution to put a chunk of our troops on the border. Surely something has to be done there. Everyone is entitled to his own idea of what could or should be done, no matter how extreme. That's just brainstorming, but what I want to know is what incentive is there for someone to enlist or re-up if there's a good chance he or she will be standing shoulder to shoulder with another soldier for the period of that enlistment? You'd definitely be dealing with some unhappy campers who joined to see the world or learn a trade.
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Old 05-02-2006, 11:41 AM   #2
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Now, now, a laugh taketh away wrath. I actually thought Spence's Snake comment was pretty funny considering the solution to put a chunk of our troops on the border. Surely something has to be done there. Everyone is entitled to his own idea of what could or should be done, no matter how extreme. That's just brainstorming, but what I want to know is what incentive is there for someone to enlist or re-up if there's a good chance he or she will be standing shoulder to shoulder with another soldier for the period of that enlistment? You'd definitely be dealing with some unhappy campers who joined to see the world or learn a trade.
Who says they have to be there thier whole tour? you rotate them out, and they do not have to stand there, we build outposts. Does anyone realize how many borders we are protecting right now world wide?

I can't fathom how you think troops gaurding our borders is so outlandish, this is the very essence of what our military is based on is it not?

In Portugal, when you turn 18 you HAVE to serve a couple years mandatory. Why can't we do the same here? say when you turn 18 you have to serve just a year, after you graduate highschool. Why would that be so bad? there are plenty of options we have, but we as Americans are so spolied and detatched from the rest of the worlds reality that most would think this is ludacris as well.
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