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2021-01-29 -Land of the Free

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Posted by badanov 2021-01-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 What you get promoting careerists over warriors. They're more interested in playing the system than achieving effective focusing on what the institution exists for.

Peacetime selection processes should have been thrown out in 2001 and wartime performance should have been made the fundamental criteria for promotions.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-01-29 06:42|| 2021-01-29 06:42|| Front Page Top

#2 in heinlines 'starship trooper' you cant vote if you haven't served.

Posted by irish rage boy 2021-01-29 08:59|| 2021-01-29 08:59|| Front Page Top

#3 As a veteran, I approve Heinlein's dictum.
The problem is that if you have to serve in order to vote, those with connections will get the cushy far-from-combat jobs; the children of the hoi polloi will be put into the meat grinder. Also, to justify that big of a military, you need continuous war.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2021-01-29 10:08|| 2021-01-29 10:08|| Front Page Top

#4 I'd put it a different way.

We're all born as residents. American if one of the sperm or egg donor is already an American.
At age 21 you pass a citizenship exam and enter the militia.
If you enlist in the active military service at 18, 6 months in you can take the exam and achieve citizenship.
Citizens get the standard Army issue weapon and 200 rounds to store in their abode. (see - the Swiss)
Only citizens have the vote.
If you don't trust them with the weapon, they don't get the vote.
You forfeit your citizenship status upon conviction of any serious or capital crime.
No one is forced to join the militia but you don't attain citizenship status and rights without it.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-01-29 11:08|| 2021-01-29 11:08|| Front Page Top

#5 The guard is just weekend warriors. Some saw combat, but the trust in them was so low that not only did they vet them, but they were never issued Ammo! Toy soldiers for Pelosi to play with. As meaningless as a piece of driftwood...

Posted by 49 Pan 2021-01-29 11:09|| 2021-01-29 11:09|| Front Page Top

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