On May 3, 11:28 pm, "Capt. JG" wrote:
"katy" wrote in message

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Dave wrote:
On 3 May 2007 13:01:50 -0700, "Capt. Rob" said:

Our troops are generally ignorant kids.

And how many of them do you know?

I concur on that...many of the individuals that live in the apartemnt
complex we're in are military...between 25-35 years old...I've spoken to
many, male and female in the past 18 months and none of them struck me as
naive, ignorant or inherently stupid. Most were quite conversant, very
polite, and seemingly competent.

I don't think most of them are ignorant or stupid. Many of them have limited
options, and reasonably thought that joining the military would be a way out
of poverty. They were right and they were wrong. A lot of them are dying for
no good reason.

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"j" ganz

I guess Tilman had no other options huh?

Most enlisted people, and officers can find better paying jobs than
the military. You may think defeating evil is not a good reason to
die, but I assure you that is not the way they feel. Again like Rob &
BB you can not make an educated assestment of military people, because
you have not served. The only thing you know is what Rosie and Moore,
and Ms Pepsi types spoon feeds you.

Joe

"Joe" wrote in message
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On May 3, 11:28 pm, "Capt. JG" wrote:
"katy" wrote in message

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Dave wrote:
On 3 May 2007 13:01:50 -0700, "Capt. Rob" said:

Our troops are generally ignorant kids.

And how many of them do you know?

I concur on that...many of the individuals that live in the apartemnt
complex we're in are military...between 25-35 years old...I've spoken
to
many, male and female in the past 18 months and none of them struck me
as
naive, ignorant or inherently stupid. Most were quite conversant, very
polite, and seemingly competent.

I don't think most of them are ignorant or stupid. Many of them have
limited
options, and reasonably thought that joining the military would be a way
out
of poverty. They were right and they were wrong. A lot of them are dying
for
no good reason.

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"j" ganz

I guess Tilman had no other options huh?

Look up the definition of the word "most" and get back to us.

Most enlisted people, and officers can find better paying jobs than
the military.

I doubt that it's true for "most" enlisted people, but please feel free to
provide the statistics.

The rest is right-wing ranting, which I've deleted.

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"j" ganz @@
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