19 Feb 2022 7:37 pm
Your first sentence supports what I have said.dickens » 19 Feb 2022, 4:40 pm » wrote: ↑ This is because US military recruits from the underprivileged groups. Many people who would make good warriors (those who feel no fear or almost no fear) will not go to the military. They would prefer to die for nothing while rock climbing than to die for banksters.
If you read Flaubert's Salambo about the revolt of the mercenaries you will find out that the attitude of the Carthaginians towards people who fought for them is similar to that of the Americans. And they also hated Hannibal and Hastrabal.
People have many reasons to end up in the military
Cannonpointer listed a few of the most common (which I also agree with).
I maintain that our military is peopled by personal reasons.
Most of them boil down to money... or lack of.
Sure, there is some pride and serving-your-country recruits in the mix.
But the low hanging fruit is the bulk of it: Needing a break or a paycheck.
Is that somehow bad? Or is it just the way it is? I lean toward the latter rather than the former.
Please seat yourself.
I like the very things you hate.
I like the very things you hate.