Wow.
So according to a few posters, there are at least 150,000 war criminals currently walking around in the US military, or have been discharged since the two wars began.
Because for 99.9% to not be accurate, that's how many you'd need.
Bullshit hyperbole
When my son was age 13 to 14. There was the ROTC at his school. He brought home a paper and asked if he could join? His dad and I said. Absolutely not. Age fourteen is too young to recruit. Plus, it pissed me off to no end. That ROTC was only located in the middle class and poorer neighborhood public schools. None in the wealthy public schools. And yes there are some.
.1% of 1.5M (active members) = 1,500. If twice that number has been been discharged, we get 3,000. If you throw reserves and what not, you can double that, I guess. So 6,000.
That's really strange. Didn't know ROTC could touch them. The Marines aren't allowed to call anyone younger than 17.
He was only seventeen and still in high school. Much too young to make that choice.
I am actually only 17 and enlisted.
For the record I'm not in ROTC, just standard enlistment in Marine Corps
I am actually only 17 and enlisted.
That's really strange. Didn't know ROTC could touch them. The Marines aren't allowed to call anyone younger than 17.
There's no need to pander to him.I wish you only the best and pray that you will always be safe.
I want to make a point. As to what I was saying before. I do not "knock" the brave men and woman who defend our country. I sleep safe tonight because of you. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
There's no need to pander to him
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't see how one could see the modern U.S. military, with its current mandate and idiots in Washington who got it into this mess, as a shining beacon of service, pride, and defending one's country. If anything they're creating more future terrorists over there.
Our current mandate is to keep extremism out of Afghanistan, help out rebuilding with the local population, and provide humanitarian aid. Thats what it's always been in any situation really.
Your mandate is to support nation building overseas, which is a strange mandate for a national military force
Not really. I believe we have a responsibility to help other nations overseas. Are you opposed to the battalion of Marines we sent to Haiti to help rebuild after the earthquake?
What's not true about our overseas forces being there to clean up the gigantic mess from a failed foreign policy doctrine?I just hear this same kind of stuff over and over, and it's really not true.
Are you opposed to the battalion of Marines we sent to Haiti to help rebuild after the earthquake?
Talk about winning hearts and minds. After the second Iraqi war, and Afghanistan, I don't think there are many countries who would want the special brand of "helping" the US mandates its modern military to provide.
The poor bastards left serving in Iraq and the ones with a long fight ahead in Afghanistan are unfortunately the ones who have have to deal with the lasting effects of the Bush Doctrine, which has proven to be a monumental, disgraceful failure for US foreign policy.
What's not true about our overseas forces being there to clean up the gigantic mess from a failed foreign policy doctrine?
We didn't go into Iraq to liberate anyone. We went into Iraq to preemptively disarm them on shakey intelligence, and civilian and military planners had almost no well thought out plans post-invasion.
It's a clean up in one country, a very hot war in another, and the entire tme Pakistan has been playing the US and insurgents off against each other.
Pac mule, I know it is none of my business. Please wait another few years before you join the military. Seventeen is too young. You are barely out of high school. Work, get some sort of training and if you still feel the same way. When you are in your mid-twenties. Then, pursue a military career. Seven to eight years from now, isn't a long time. Plus, we may not be at war. I pray we aren't. You could have a great career in D.C. Working for the pentagon or something simular.
If I wanted a career in the military. I would definately get a college degree first. At least a Bachelor of Science. Better yet, a Master's Degree. Preferebly in medical, engineering or technology. Because, you will automatically be trained as an officer. Higher rank equals much better choices for you in the long run.
Just found this article on Yahoo! that tends to illustrate your statement here:
Iraqi leaders not following US advice on gov't - Yahoo! News
Clearly they don't seem all that impressed with us anymore, presuming they ever were.
Yep. What a memory/legacy for them, eh?
When it comes to rebuilding countries after natural disasters, or helping them with aid (medicine, food, etc.), I'm all for our military's efforts, as well as the efforts of anyone else who's interested, to help with such things. But wars do not help people. They may solve a few problems here and there in the short term, but for the most part it seems they just create new problems and make long-standing ones worse. And yet again, it strikes me funny that we feel we know how to help other countries fix their governments-you've seen how brilliantly ours has been working as of late, right?
If they ask for our help and advice, then perhaps go for it. Otherwise, I'm incredibly hesitant about us getting involved in structuring the government for another nation.
Angela
You are welcome Pac mule. I only wish you the best. Perhaps you can do something that is non-combat. Medic or technology. Both are always needed, especially medical. The Military can train you for this.
I wanted to be a combat medic, however the Marines have the Navy take care of their medical needs. I'm signed up for combat support, and I'm aiming for tank crewman.
As I have heard more than a few Marines say, "The Navy? Yeah, well, they get us there."