What would it take to get you to

[this_side_up]

re-enlist?

Sgt. 1st Class Everett Horvath accepted a mission many might consider impossible.

He is going to Iraq to combat a growing retention problem in the Oregon Army National Guard.

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The Salem man will try to persuade many of these weekend warriors- turned-yearlong servicemen to re-enlist.

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"It's going to be harder and harder to find people who want to serve," he said. "We're asking a lot of these young people. Two years ago, I told them the chance they would go to war was pretty slim to none. Now, I tell them it's not slim to none; it's a matter of when."

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http://statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050118/NEWS/501180341

[purduejake]

1. I don't know...

maybe a just cause to fight for? I'm not in the service though... dropped out of ROTC after chimp stole the election. Giving up my $100,000+ Navy ROTC scholarship was the best thing I've ever done. The parent's are starting to realize that :)

[this_side_up]

2. Good for you!

I hope everyone of all ages wake up.

I couldn't believe it when I read it - 7,500 for 3 more
years or 15K for 6 yrs. That offer hasn't worked
stateside, so the manipulator needs to do it in person.

I wasn't far off the mark when I said last year that
they are not coming home; that Iraq is their new lifestyle.

My brother has a friend who is 50+ and did almost
2 years over there. Was back here for 7 or 8 months
and told to report on such and such day because he's
going back. He should be there by now.

His wife is going nuts. This is no marriage. Her
husband's life has been stolen from him because the
Republicans want perennial warriors.

And the Dems are going to vote Yes on the Con and
Gonzales and everyone else the Republicans want?
I have no respect for them.

Ah, I'm off to sleep.

[ClintonTyree]

3. With the economy so good...............

they probably want to test the market for civilian jobs. :eyes:
There are no jobs, at least none that pay a living wage. For these Reserve and Guardsmen to leave at a time of crippling unemployment says quite a lot about the conditions in Iraq.
Hell, I rather come home and stand in a soup line than fight Emperor Bush's illegal, immoral war too.