Thunder_Chicken
Well-Known Member
I might just be synical, but it seems like the old school generation joined because they had something worth fighting for. But nowdays, they join because they have nothing to live for. Getting shot at pays better than the jobs available to most. My buddy Josh just got back from his third middle east tour. 101st Airborne. Now they're trying to push him out on disability because of hearing loss from all the combat he's seen. I won't go any further. I'm not trying to start a political debate. That would create unneccesary work for PP. I just don't think it makes good sense to join right now.
The old school generation joined up because they did have something worth fighting for, and they were in distinct danger of losing it. We were losing the war, badly, in 42 and were just turning the tide around in 43. We were fighting and bleeding a lot and there was a distinct danger of losing during that whole time.
I think now the concern now is that our foreign policy is actually provoking a lot of anti-American sentiment. I did not re-enlist in the Air Force because I really questioned the need for all these wars. God bless the men and women that we've sent in to these messes, and give them a soft corner of Heaven to rest in. But I hope Satan is warming a special corner of Hell for those dope politicians that are making these ******* wars.
These new contrived wars are preventing us from enjoying the peace won by the last generations.