Why would one choose to be a soldier?

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by lookout123

i don't disagree with you HM. that is just a part of being in the military.
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there are conversations that might surprise you that military members have amongst themselves that you will never be privy to.

Ah, sorry, I wasn't referring to those already in the military. I was just saying that when one sees the military handled in the way it has been recently, one has a disincentive to join up, and not doing so says nothing about their patriotism.

I wouldn't be surprised in the least at conversations within the military - it's their lives that games are being played with - and I agree that the bar should be extremely high for someone already in the military to break ranks. Something on the order of direct knowledge of gross negligence or corruption and a coverup in the proper channels.