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RummyTheDummy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 11:55 AM Original message |
My friend the sucker wants to join the military |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. tell him to join the navy or air force if he wants to do good..and just |
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RummyTheDummy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 12:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. That was my first move |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 12:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. The Air Force is no guarantee |
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Arianrhod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 01:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. He's too old. |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. Military |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. Sounds like your friend wants to help fellow troops |
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joefree1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. Read "Generation Kill" |
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RummyTheDummy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 12:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I'm pretty sure most life insurance policies don't cover acts of war |
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HootieMcBoob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 01:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. The military has its own life insurance policy |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. Stop trying to stop him, and tell him that you'll be praying for |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 12:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. People like this come home in boxes |
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RummyTheDummy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 12:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Yeah, he's in pretty good shape |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. Remind him that there is plenty of things he could do right here |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. You cannot save someone from themselves |
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jukes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. your friend has a serious emotional problem |
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RummyTheDummy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 12:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. His wife and kids have been supportive |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 12:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Agreed, Jukes. |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
14. SUCKER? Far from it. |
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RummyTheDummy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 12:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Ummmmmm |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 01:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Do our troops deserve less gratitude simply because their superiors lied? |
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RummyTheDummy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 01:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. A couple of things |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 12:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. It's for kids who think that killing is noble. |
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Monte Carlo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 12:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. That's a disgusting over-simplification. |
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FighttheFuture (748 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 02:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. And you know this with certainty? How? |
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FighttheFuture (748 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 01:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. Double sucker!! |
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Brewman_Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. I did |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. Show him some photos of dead Iraqi civilians (collateral damage) |
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fob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. In a local paper here, bay area california, there was an ad for body bags. |
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FighttheFuture (748 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. That's great! We need to weed morons out of the gene pool. Encourage him! |
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Monte Carlo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
25. Perhaps then he is looking to do something meaningful? |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
26. Some people find danger and extreme risk which has the |
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