War is a racket​… Chapter 1

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shanshee_allures Mar 27, 2007 12:37:57
Replying to handofdave

handofdave wrote:
I do think most who join the military do so with more or less good intent (to serve) but end up being shabbily used by their 'superiors' to do the dirty work for rich men.
I believe even more young people join up because they've got nowhere else to go (direction wise) and its a shame. I don't beleive anyone does so imagining they'll ever be in a kill or be killed situation (I think for many that remains an abstract until crunch time), and therefore alot of unwitting psychosis ensues. Like the poor quivering wrecks who used to be shot for desertion and cowardice. It's all too bloody depressing!
EDIT: Worse still, it utterly dehumanises them. Its difficult to feel any sympathy when the 'troops' get it. Guess they're not meant to be 'human' though.
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H handofdave
handofdave Mar 27, 2007 13:06:08
Replying to shanshee_allures

shanshee_allures wrote:
I believe even more young people join up because they've got nowhere else to go (direction wise)
In the USA and Britain it's very often that they have nowhere else to go economically. The largest demographic in the US military are southerners from rural towns that have had their $ base pulled out from under them. And I'm sure it's exactly the same in the UK.
shanshee_allures wrote:
I don't beleive anyone does so imagining they'll ever be in a kill or be killed situation
I grew up around US military people from the age of 12-18 and the wisdom most often imparted on me was to 'NOT JOIN THE MILITARY'...and that was during the relatively peaceful mid-to-late 70s.
Of course, the US wasn't dealing with terrorism then, as the UK was- It's a bit funny how most in the US have only 'discovered' terrorism lately... as if it were 'born' on 9/11.