Posted by jackcain on Monday, November 21, 2005 at 10:28AM :
In Reply to: Re: Murthas' RIGHT ! posted by Rob in MN on Sunday, November 20, 2005 at 11:55PM :
We have a professional all volunteer military, you can't "sign up" your children.
I spent six years defending my country in the USAF. If they would take me, I would volunteer again in a heatbeat (too damn old). If my son wanted to join the military (he's only 8) when he comes of age, I would not stop him.
The war in vietnam was lost in the press through the actions of people like Uncle Walter. Don't believe me? Read a history of the Tet offensive and compare reality against how it was potrayed in the press.
Sitting around in the Northwoods wearing Birkenstocks, singing "Kum-by-ya" while making smores and smoking a couple of j's isn't going to cut it in the new reality.
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