Comments | anorgasmia: we support our troops when they shoot their officers

anorgasmia

we support our troops when they shoot their officers

Jul 30, 2006 20:52

"The reason to have a military is to be prepared to fight and win wars... it's not a jobs program."- Dick Cheney

My cousin Tim is getting shipped to Iraq. Baghdad. In the army for combat technology.

I don't even know how I'm supposed to feel. On one hand, he's family, so I should be compassionate and hope for a safe return. And of course I do.

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grumpynico July 31 2006, 08:56:27 UTC

Circle rocks. And, to quote an anarchist trope...I support the troops only when they shoot their officers.

anorgasmia July 31 2006, 15:23:35 UTC

uh, read my subject line

tsdsyzygy July 31 2006, 18:34:26 UTC

Answer to #2 - Every 'improvement' becomes imperative. The time frame for improving is very small, and the consequences made clear. Acting comes immediately to mind.

Yesterday at work I spoke with a girl who wants to join the Navy. When I asked her why she would want to go to war her response was - "Well, if the US is at war then I want to support it. You can't just decide not to go, you can't treat your country like that."

Well of course not. That would be, like, a 'choice' or something.

slack_scholar July 31 2006, 23:24:10 UTC

Those recruiters are pushy. I had to deal with one who kept calling me when I was in high school. Those statistics are scary, but all too authentic.

The military is nothing more than a means for poor kids to die and suffer for rich men's wars.