Your post brought nostalgic memories of Hitler and the Nazis' very thought processes. The Nazis' actually believed that if they could only mass exterminate each and every Jew on earth, mass slaughter them, and send them to the gas chambers en masse', German children of pure Aryan Germanic stock in kindergarden would be safe to enjoy learning about love and friendship. :leaving: It didn't work then, it's not gonna work now. Violence only begets violence. Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity.
Of course I take their religion into consideration. We've invaded their homeland, strepped away their leader, fed them our foods and blahblehbla they could have every right to believe Bush was the antichrist and so of course they would want to destroy him and his militia, whom for all they know could be robots because they are so technologically impaired they are unable to grasp our armory and tanks. However We are fighting for their childrens rights to back to a safe and healthy learning environment just like our own kindergardeners are able to have. And you're right, a lot of the kids understand that. Some are on our side hoping that we can rescue them from the terrorists and anarchist pigs roaming their streets. But also many don't. Those are the ones who will be in their mother's arms, walking toward an American base daring them to shoot her, then making it just close enough to ignite the bomb strapped to her back. And infact I know a family not far from my very own town who have a 4 year old son being raised to hate all Americans. Four years old, and he is playing first person war games learning how to aim a M24 sniper rifle at the head of the target in a modern strategic war zone. Not to mention my ex boyfriend, who was in the army, used to tell me stories of them capturing terrorist bases in our country, who had kids from ages 6+ brewing explosives and handling guns. So no thanks, you can keep the bridge.
I would never kill a child. I would never support killing a child. Unfortunately in a street war like this that is inevitablte. I would also not support killing innocent civilians, for that matter. However, I would support killing an enemy fighting back (unless of course it was a child.) We don't send our children into their streets with bombs strapped to their backs.
Yeah, well, we just wait a few more years until they turn 17, let them join the Marines and turn them into full blown killers. So, basically, what's the difference? Next stupid question, please.
The difference is we have 18 year old men to do the nasty work as opposed to our elementary kids who aren't any bigger than the machine guns. I don't know how much influence you have by kids or how well you remember being one, but I am 17 and I know that I'm glad I wasn't sent to kill myself when i was 6 years old. Now I am old enough to understand how the world works and what is happening in the war. When I was considering joining the military I was able to ask the right questions and make my own decision wether I thought it was for me or not. When I was 6 I had my mom and dad choose what paths I would take. It is sad that those children cannot trust their own parents to keep them out of harms way. And sure, I do not agree with how our government thinks it's okay to lie to our teenagers and manipulate them into thinking they will do one thing, but then send them to do another. I've said this before. But I do believe our teenagers are old and mature enough to make their own decisions.
Oh really? Then how come teenagers have the highest insurance rates and car crash mortality rate? LOL.
Well for one thing cops fuck with kids a lot more than they do adults. Secondly, teenagers are JUST learning to drive. Driving takes a lot of trial and error. Anway Senior citizens come second in that rate, does this mean a 27 year old is capable of making better life decisions than a 65 year old?
Wait a minute, if they're old and mature enough how come they're just learning to drive. It's like, they're old enough to kill, but they're JUST basically learning to drive. LOL. :jester:
We don't send sixteen year olds to fight for us. We wait for them to graduate high school. And yes, it is believe it or not a big difference in mental preparation. And just like my dad taught me to drive in a park before sending me to the highway, we train our soldiers and make sure they are mentally and physically prepared before sending them to combat.
You've bought into some sort of crap that says Muslims are no better than the pagan native indians were here in the US when they were butchered into submission and sent to live on reservations. Get this straight Muslims believe in one god they even acknowledge Christ as a prophet. Their parents value the lives of their children as much as your parents value yours. Probably more so, because life is fragile in a war zone. The fact that in this modern world any society throws away the lives of it's young is unacceptable under any terms.
When your homeland has been bombed into nothing, there are no high schools to attend. No warm bed to go home to, no cookies on the counter. We brainwash and indocrinate our forces to the point where they are no more than robots. You may call that training. And when they come home broken we ignore them and they become street people, and we further ignore and debase them.
I love how the4 ignorant label it as "american warrior" I guess all the other countries of the world have never sent thier people into battles and that every soldier in the world from all countries agreed with the actions and orders of thier leaders. Seems small minds at work again..... and again..... and again!
That is only true if there is no draft. If a draft is not an option why are young males still required to register?
Why force young males in the US to continue to register? if it's not an option. Todays current all volunteer army is made up of young people that have no other means of gainful employment. They may not be legally forced to enlist, but economically it works out the same and the wealthy don't have to sacrifice their own children.
Many would, or turn to selling drugs. I don't make a fortune by my work, I barely keep my head above water financially. And I've gone hungry. But I was an individual I didn't have to worry about the welfare of a family. It's not easier to be self employed, it's become a necessity for many of us, employers no longer value their employees, most don't pay benefits or provide any security. Soldiers aren't getting rich, but they have employment and they are able to send some money home to their families. Why are young males still required to register...you haven't answered that one. I stand by my previous statement: .
A contingency for who? The government now has a list of potential canon fodder. And I have no doubt in the future they will use it. If you are starving and struggling what choices do you have? It may seem some have a choice, but I think that's only a marketing tool that is being used to offset what is actually happening. Makes some of you sleep easier at night doesn't it?
Yes it is, but even better would be a total reversal on any form of draft or registration. It depends on what your definition of real world is doesn't it? You and big business like to paint the situation as something that reflects more on the employee/individual than the employer as responsible. And you like to define those that can't find suitable employment as substandard or impaired. That's not necessarily the true picture. Many of these young people are totally capable, but their communities have been ravished by the interests of big businesses that look for the lowest overhead and highest profit margin with no concern for the communities that actually built them. People unlike business are community and family oriented. They don't just turn their backs on those that raised or created them.
