| TheRealMafoo said:
That's a lot of typing to tell me you don't like our military. Kind of a waste of time, as I already know that. Rape is high because of the conditions you put people in. Take men and woman ages 18-22 and throw them in tight quarters. Feed them, and train them to be aggressive, and you have conditions that will raise the rate of all kinds of crimes. I would venture to guess that if you took random people off the streets, and subjected them to the same treatment, Rapes and other crimes would be even higher. As for your friend, I would guess he is not being completely truthful. He probably hard from a guy, who heard from a guy.... Yes, things happen that are bad. People are people. War is hell. When you look throughout history at how wars have been fought (even by America in past wars), and then look at how this war is being fought, you would be crazy to not see how incredibly moral our troops are in comparison to current and past fighting forces. ANd sorry if it pisses me off a little, but for you not to take the option to serve your country, and to them ridicule the people who have... You ought to be ashamed of yourself... I know I am. |
I don't think I will lose any sleep over it. Thanks though!
It's not that I don't like the military, although your mind which tends to look at a situation as either a 1 or a 0 might see it that way, I just don't think we should give them a free pass on everything just because they are in the military.
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