The grand grotesquery of the U.S. military - By Mark Morford

[NM_Birder]

42. Driven you from the field ?

"I always wonder why someone would feel the need to badger ....", if you think the discussion we are having is "badgering" then I'm sure you feel that way a lot.

mandatory means you have no choice but to join, no exception.
volunteer means you decide to join, even if it's not your first choice ...... it is still a choice.

you can move that around all you want. Change it to community service, or whatever, but yeah I think you see now that mandatory military service is not the solution. mandatory service is a "feel good" bumper sticker slogan people use to side step the argument into blaming "the rich", because they don't understand what military commitment is all about.

I can't argue with myself, my opinion is never wrong. I did in fact spend several seconds thinking about it.
No clever smiley faces, but take care.