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Old 09-09-2007, 10:15 PM   #46 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Mr. Jaggers View Post
Military recruiters want dumb high school students - and the dumber the better. If the Congress does not reinstate the draft for compulsory military service so that President Bush has enough warm bodies for use as cannon fodder for his foreign wars, then the Pentagon will just resort to press gangs to meet their quotas. An administration that is not adverse to violation of a citizen’s constitutional rights for the sake of national defense, would likely find sufficient justification for such action.
Nice try, but the military is not after the dumb high school students. Potential recruits are require to take the ADVAB and actually score a specific score in order to qualify.

We have an Army that is highly technical. When I was in the infantry everyone joked about the Dumb Grunts, but we were far from dumb. We have the training and the skill to use state of the art communication devices, satellites, weapon systems, not to mention be able to interpret data and react to the situation on the ground.

Nice try!!!!

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Conservatism, I repeat is not an ideology. It does not breed fanatics....But if you want men who seek, reasonably and prudently, to reconcile the best in wisdom of our ancestors with the change which is essential to a vigorous civil social existence, then you will do well to turn to conservative principles
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