No, up till 9/11 most people entered the
military for one of two reasons.
The first and most popular reason is
Education.
They think that it will be an easy way the
get an education, without having to work hard to get a scholarship or the need
for a loan.
The second reason, is that they want money
for something and they currently don't have enough.
I have heard some of their complaints, and
almost always it's along the lines of " When I signed up almost _______
yrs ago, there wasn't any war. I did it because I wanted to
get 'an education' or 'the education benefit's or 'to get a job and
skills for a job when I get out', not to kill people or get
killed".
Many of them think that they are using
the military, for their own purposes/benefit, but, then when they are told that
they can not get out when the going gets rough, they cry "Not
fair!"
The facts are:
*The military is just like any other company trying to get you to
join, in that it is going to push the fun exciting stuff, while under
emphasizing the bad.
*Anyone that thinks they can join the
military and be subject to the possibility of being killed or having to kill, is
living a dream that has no connection to reality.
*Anyone that thinks that the military
can't or will not alter their terms of enlistment in a time of crisis
is dreaming.
*Anyone that does not read the fine print
on any contract before they sign, is a fool.
*All it takes is some checking, to
find out what being in the military is really like. There are
to many people in ( and now out ) of the military to say what it was
like.
Any person, in any job, that
think that they can take the good and leave the bad, has another think
coming.
Greg H.
|
_______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org
Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/