08-21-2006, 06:27 AM
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Sr. Correspondent
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: 45th Space Wing
Posts: 415
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Send in the Clowns
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Originally Posted by Gaar";p="
So we should become "like them" in order to beat them?
Sorry, I don't think I like that idea.
The Military was NOT built so that people could get an Education, and just serve their "weekends". If they don't like their duties, they should just quit.
Dishonorable dischage and all.
That way, those who don't "believe" in this War have their "way out" and won't get anything but what they deserve for trying to use the Military for their own selfish wants.
Regards,
Gaar
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We ARE just like them, that's why our soldiers who WERE fighting fire with fire are being charged with crimes.
Are you suggesting we should just sit back and play patty-cakes while the enemy is kidnapping, chopping off heads and doing other wartime atrocities? If we let the mercenaries fight them the same way they are fighting us, it would put an end to them.
The problem we have NOW is that when we DO try to fight them the way they are fighting WE are breaking the rules of war.
Using a mercenary force will free us to get the job done without having to collect caskets with some mother's son inside it, or having to watch soldiers who were "just following orders" land in military court for doing something they were NEVER TRAINED to do, which is to fight this war on terror.
The WHOLE Bush administration tells us that we are fighting a DIFFERENT kind of war. Well, in order to fight a different kind of war...we need to use a different kind of warrior.
How do YOU figure we would have a chance to win this thing? We're certainly not gaining any ground the way we ARE fighting it.
Yes, fight fire with fire.
About those that join the military. You do realize don't you that the recruiters go into schools to recruit kids. They go after a lot of them who really have no future, can't afford and education and some of whom, if they didn't join the military would end up in jail sooner or later.
The military gets them to enlist by telling them they have a chance for a good education, a place to live with their clothing and meals all provided for, good military benefits when they get out..and oh, by the way, you might get called to go to serve your country in battle sometime, but don't worry about it, you will be safe. It will be a good thing to have on your resume when you get out if you don't decide to make a career out of it.
I know how recruiters are...one of my best friends WAS one for the NAVY. I know all the stories, he'd drive his Corvette to the school, all shiney and new and tell the kids that if they join up, they'll be able to afford fast cars and that serving in the military is just like having any other 9 to 5 job for the most part.
Of course these tactics aren't going over so well now since everyone who's been watching knows that their chances of just having a 9 to 5 job in the states or on some exotic island are slim to none.
Recruitment is down generally. We need fighting machines...mercenaries are our only chance IF we want to win. Then again, I'm not so sure we really want to win, because we have NO chance by going in the direction we're going in now.
If Bush is to meet his goals to end terrorism and do all the things he promised to do, we just do NOT have enough troops. You can't keep sending the same troops in 2 or 3 times..they are NOT machines. They break down, get injured, get killed.
I'd rather have paid mercenaries than have to have a draft in the next few years.
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