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All-volunteer military may desensitize U.S. to war, some fear
mystery-ak:
Posted on Monday, December 31, 2012
All-volunteer military may desensitize U.S. to war, some fear
By Matthew Schofield | McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — Before a roadside bomb in Baghdad burned and tore apart Jerry Majetich, before 62 operations put him back together, even before he volunteered for the Marines, then the Army, there were five older brothers who’d enlisted and a mother who’d served as an Army nurse in Korea.
His family background shaped former Staff Sgt. Majetich, who’s now 42 and a single father and investment firm vice president in Jacksonville, Fla. Despite the torment since the 2005 blast, that history is part of what moved his 21-year-old son to consider leaving college to pursue a military career, and his 17-year-old daughter to join her high school Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/12/31/178702/all-volunteer-military-may-desensitize.html
famousdayandyear:
More like absurd Rules of Engagement, Campaign for Hearts and Minds of 7th Century Barbarians, and an absence of factual media coverage, along with political correct flag officers has made this possible. NOT our volunteer heroes in the military. McClatchy is looking for a scapecoat to continue a Marxist agenda. JMHO
Rapunzel:
--- Quote from: famousdayandyeaR² on January 01, 2013, 06:59:33 pm ---More like absurd Rules of Engagement, Campaign for Hearts and Minds of 7th Century Barbarians, and an absence of factual media coverage, along with political correct flag officers has made this possible. NOT our volunteer heroes in the military. McClatchy is looking for a scapecoat to continue a Marxist agenda. JMHO
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The media hate all things military.
PzLdr:
--- Quote from: mystery-ak on January 01, 2013, 06:33:49 pm ---
Posted on Monday, December 31, 2012
All-volunteer military may desensitize U.S. to war, some fear
By Matthew Schofield | McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — Before a roadside bomb in Baghdad burned and tore apart Jerry Majetich, before 62 operations put him back together, even before he volunteered for the Marines, then the Army, there were five older brothers who’d enlisted and a mother who’d served as an Army nurse in Korea.
His family background shaped former Staff Sgt. Majetich, who’s now 42 and a single father and investment firm vice president in Jacksonville, Fla. Despite the torment since the 2005 blast, that history is part of what moved his 21-year-old son to consider leaving college to pursue a military career, and his 17-year-old daughter to join her high school Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/12/31/178702/all-volunteer-military-may-desensitize.html
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What these idiots should fear is the growing distance between the military's culture, and the culture of the society it defends, i.e, NO culture. The Roman Army went from a conscripted force of landowners , to a professional force of volunteers [paid professionals] after Marius' reforms. Within a generation, the Roman Army invaded Rome some three times. And I occasionally muse that a military dictatorship may well be preferable to a Community Organizer dictatorship, considering where our Republic is now. :shrug:
Rapunzel:
I used to be against it, today I think we actually need the draft.
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