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warrant46

(2,205 posts)
17. Below
Mon Dec 23, 2013, 08:04 PM
Dec 2013

"those kids VOLUNTEER to project American Power in exchange for a steady paycheck." (the response)

Mercenaries----eh ?

My kid is paid shit, in fact several of his friends who are married get food stamps.

If there were any F@$#ing jobs that paid living wages, the military would have to do what it did ten years ago (when Iraq was the hot spot) pay bonuses etc.

But most here wouldn't understand ---duty, honor,, country, and I as a parent will question WTF the US is doing in that shit hole.

Just like my mother and father did when 3 of my family including me were getting our asses shot at in the Nam for $155.00 a month, $60.00 was "combat pay" (None of us were drafted)

You want mercenaries--send in Blackwater

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U.S. Marines poised to enter South Sudan [View all] Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 OP
Hope they get everyone out. hrmjustin Dec 2013 #1
Protecting the embassy? Screw that, close the embassy and get everyone out. TwilightGardener Dec 2013 #2
Because we invested a lot in getting this nation created maxsolomon Dec 2013 #3
Rather not see American military getting shot in the head/foot. Re-open TwilightGardener Dec 2013 #4
Keeping an isolated embassy open won't stop that. former9thward Dec 2013 #5
The fight is between 2 different tribes vying for power and oil $. maxsolomon Dec 2013 #7
You might have missed where four troops were already wounded by gunfire. TwilightGardener Dec 2013 #8
Yes, wounded evacuating American and foreign nationals from a combat zone. maxsolomon Dec 2013 #11
Sorry, I don't believe it's wise to try to keep a presence there right now-- TwilightGardener Dec 2013 #12
6800 UN troops in the country maxsolomon Dec 2013 #13
The World's Policeman begins to flex its muscles warrant46 Dec 2013 #6
150 troops to evacuate US citizens is not flexing muscles, it's barely the twitch geek tragedy Dec 2013 #9
`LOL warrant46 Dec 2013 #15
Do you even know the story of South Sudan? maxsolomon Dec 2013 #10
Willing to send your kid to die in that shit hole? warrant46 Dec 2013 #14
I'm not willing to let my kid play football. maxsolomon Dec 2013 #16
Below warrant46 Dec 2013 #17
i did not say that americans in the american armed forces are mercenaries maxsolomon Dec 2013 #19
- warrant46 Dec 2013 #18
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