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Originally posted by TurkeyBurgers
I was in the Air Force and we were all about killin. Cept we had it down to a science. The science of lazyness! Why worry about getting down and dirty when you can control a UAV remotely from Las Vegas and bust some Mooj with a Hellfire from low altitude. Army is for...how shall I say it....ASVAB scores under 50? Heck the Army was recruiting people with 8th grade educations for a good bit there. Promising to help people get a GED once they had already joined. YYYEAAAHHH exactly who I want to work with around weapons and explosives lol. BUT you gotta get SOMEONE to drive around looking for buried artillery shells inside of a HUMMV.
Originally posted by Ridhya
Well ja I always knew that America in WW3 would be an internal war, civil war. I think it was Thomas Jefferson who said that too. America is infallible, except from the inside.
I can bet you it will be Christian vs. Atheist too (or vs all non-Christian really) and some small events and law will be the spark of the fire.
Then the army will be impartial (as opposed to Christian or atheist militias) and it will be a relief to see them right?
Of course the government arm themselves because they are afraid of the people. The people also arm themselves because they are afraid of the government. At least in America.
Originally posted by bobbylove321
reply to post by muzzleflash
And there was the sheep who only read...
Originally posted by Udontknowme
In an article coming out of FT Carson, CO, returning war vets tell of murder, rape, drugs, you name it.
It sounds like it was a free for all over there. No wonder they wanted us out of there.
Think soldiers wouldn't turn on American citizens under orders? I tend to disagree.
"If I was just a guy off the street, I might have hesitated to shoot," Marquez told The Gazette in the Bent County Correctional Facility, where he is serving a 30-year prison term. "But after Iraq, it was just natural."
The Army trains soldiers to be that way, said Kenneth Eastridge, an infantry specialist serving 10 years for accessory to murder.
"The Army pounds it into your head until it is instinct: Kill everybody, kill everybody," he said. "And you do. Then they just think you can just come home and turn it off."
news.yahoo.com...
Originally posted by redoubt
Originally posted by Udontknowme
In an article coming out of FT Carson, CO, returning war vets tell of murder, rape, drugs, you name it.
It sounds like it was a free for all over there. No wonder they wanted us out of there.
Think soldiers wouldn't turn on American citizens under orders? I tend to disagree.
"If I was just a guy off the street, I might have hesitated to shoot," Marquez told The Gazette in the Bent County Correctional Facility, where he is serving a 30-year prison term. "But after Iraq, it was just natural."
The Army trains soldiers to be that way, said Kenneth Eastridge, an infantry specialist serving 10 years for accessory to murder.
"The Army pounds it into your head until it is instinct: Kill everybody, kill everybody," he said. "And you do. Then they just think you can just come home and turn it off."
news.yahoo.com...
I served in the US Army during the Vietnam era and I can tell you from first hand experience that:
A: If you are a soldier in a combat situation and for any reason, cannot bring yourself to perform (kill the enemy), you will die and maybe take a few of your comrades with you.
B: Most guys that did things like murder, rape, etc. were already screwed up before the Army got them. They would have likely done the same in a civilian setting sooner or later anyway. The Army should have culled these types to prevent them from getting into theater or even wearing the uniform... but the behavior in question was not due to training or doctrine.
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