On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 04:08:02PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/26/07 14:57, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > This has always confused me: Who does *not* know that the purpose > of an Army (and, by extension, the Marines) is to "kill people and > break things"? > People who play America's Army?
> It's why they give you a rifle, teach you to love it, teach you to > hit what you aim with it, run you (chanting all the way) into the > ground, make you crawl thru pig entrails while shooting machine guns > overhead, and drill you over and over again to stab people with a > big scary-looking knife. > That's gross. I could have sworn it was cow entrails. > Of course, the Marines do it better than the Army, but that's > another story. > > > - The Army has the best college benefit plan, throwing in quite a bit > > more money for someone who goes into a combat specialty than any other > > service does. So, I am not surprised that there population is much > > less educated, since many join just for the college benefits. > > IOW, they are mercenaries. > Well, everybody fights for *something*, be it money or ideology. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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