Why do people join the Army and then...- Page 2

Posted: 3/9/07 at 4:19pm

Hey chicolini, I know what you mean. I wouldn't want Batman complaining about being pulled away from his wife and two kids indefinitely and I also wouldn't want to hear him bitching about having to drive half a day to the nearest Bat Medical Center just to be told the doctor is out and he has to come back manana. I certainly don't want him going on and on about how the prosthetic leg the Bat Medical Center fitted him with is outdated and that he doesn't deserve the latest technology. After all it's free and he should just be grateful he's even getting an artificial limb.

Anywho. Doesn't Batman see all the ribbon magnets on people's cars? Here we are making the effort to shell out $2.95 for a bright, supportive yellow ribbon and all these soldiers and their families can do is complain.




Updated On: 3/19/07 at 04:19 PM

Posted: 3/19/07 at 2:05pm

VIP room at a six-suite ward at Walter Reed Hospital.

So someone who never served a day in his life deserves to recover in this room and those who have served and lost limbs get roaches and mold?
Updated On: 3/19/07 at 02:05 PM

[chicolini]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 3:48pm

How did this turn into me supporting what went on at Walter Reed?

I agreed with the initial post that questioned why people joined the army and complained when they had to go into battle. That doesn't mean I agree with the way soldiers are treated, especially after suffering injury in the line of duty.

Go ahead and take what was admittedly a silly analogy and turn it into a diatribe if you like. It still won't change my opinion.

Posted: 3/19/07 at 3:59pm

Hey my diatribe was half tongue in cheek. All I did was take the initial post to another level. Maybe I'm wrong but I think when soldiers and their LOVED ones see this type of press(Walter Reed) they might feel a bit leery about going off to war. Watching the rest of the nation sacrifice nothing-NOTHING-might also be cause for pause. Let's just say we disagree.

My post didn't change the tone or intent of yours chico. It's just how I interpreted it.

[chicolini]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 4:06pm

Ok, I just got paranoid when I saw the little red X in your earlier post, wondering what it could be and how a Batman joke could cause so much strife.

FWIW, I do agree with your comment about how the rest of us (the nation in general) are sacrificing nothing. Maybe it's just my guilt at doing nothing that makes me uncomfortable to see soldiers and their families complain?

That's enough self-analysis for one day. Off to a night class.

Posted: 3/19/07 at 4:23pm

The red x was a picture of a yellow "support the troops" ribbon.

eta: fixed it. Updated On: 3/19/07 at 04:23 PM

[wishinguweresomehow]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 5:19pm

I have had four really good friends enlist in the army, and then another 2 are at West Point, and for those who enlisted, they wanted to take advantage of the GI Bill after their enlistment was up. What I mean by that, is they needed money for school, didn't see any other option that wouldnt put them in debt until they died, and went to their local recruitment station. Luckily 2 of them have finished their time and are in school as we speak.

:)

[vmlinnie]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 5:23pm

I live in a neutral country, so if I joined the military, it would be to join the army band, or to train as a pilot in the Air Corps. Not that I would, I haven't got the guts, and admire people that do (Even though we're neautral, lots of our boys get killed on UN peacekeeping duty in the Lebanon).

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 5:54pm

This reminds me of an old Monty Python skit where the guy wants out because it is not what he thought or was promised to him

[mejusthavingfun]

Posted: 3/19/07 at 5:58pm

A lot of minorities and the poor are targeted to join. Most come from low-income families and uneducated backgrounds. There is also this sad reality that people in this country believe their leaders.

If the soldiers knew going in it was about Oil and not Freedom then maybe it could be a level playing field. Unfortunately the reality is no one says it's about Oil. Not Hillary, not Edwards and not Obama.