konstantinl Wrote:
This noble military notio is just a lot of horseshit.
Not quite, bucko. There are many who join to better themselves, their lot in life, or even *gasp* their country, be it The USA or The UK...
Most of those who are in it for the horshit noble military notion are probably officers, but a ton of people join for the 'adventure' and realize that it is a righteous way to earn a living.
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harry Wrote:
I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.
FT Wrote:
LooGAR (the straw that stirs the drink)