"Dave" wrote in message
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On Thu, 03 May 2007 21:47:38 GMT, "Maxprop" said:

Our troops are generally ignorant kids.

Spoken as one who has absolutely no experience with soldiers.

Yes. I can't speak to the Army, but I well recall several ET petty
officers
I had working for me aboard ship who had IQs in the 140 to 160 range, and
were definitely not "ignorant kids." And that wasn't even the destroyer
Navy.

I guess Bubbles agrees with John Kerry's assessment of our troops. My own
personal experience with military people as patients is that they have no
doubt about their mission and why they've chosen to serve. Most are
intelligent, some are college-educated, and quite a few are just regular
folks who've been called up as part of the National Guard activation. Some
are officers, and some are simply enlisted men and women, but all are
polite, respectful, thoughtful, and motivated. I always make it a point to
thank them for serving our country.

Max