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Posted by SMAZ on Mon Mar 2 15:40:02 2015, in response to Re: Our Chickenhawk Country, posted by SLRT on Mon Mar 2 12:15:21 2015. And the modern professional military you laud has had some amazing modern professional f*ck-ups. Like the soldiers at Abu Ghraib. Like Beau Bergdahl. Like Major Hassan. And the people who let these people happen.Of course they do and always will. And past militaries had great heroes who earned MoHs, DSCs and Soldier's Medals. However, a draft would make the likes of Hassan and the Abu Ghraib Seven the norm rather than the exception. We already saw a glimpse of this when due to the unpopularity of Iraq, recruitment and retention dried up and the Army had to lower moral standards. Now imagine a draft. The state of American males you identify is a social problem that this country is going to have to face someday, military or not. Americans don't even want voluntary food standards in their school cafeterias. You think you're gonna get a ground-up "Patriotic Health Awakening" so that we can fight other people's wars? Most States didn't even set up their own ACA Exchanges or expand Medicaid. This country doesn't give a shit about health and wellness. Do you feel that the writer of the "Chicken-hawk" article is mistaken in saying the country is too separated from the military? He is right on target which is surprising given that he never served. Unfortunately there is no solution to this. Look at the responses here in the food stamps thread. Then look at the responses (or lack of) to "chickenhawk economy" (from the OP article). A country that objects to providing food earmarked mostly to children, elderly and the disabled but shrugs at multi-trillion dollar boondoggles like the F-35 is a country that is doomed. Yeah. Ffffffrreeeeeedom. |
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