Round 'bout last October I asked my Pro-Bush Mid East policy brother whether his support for these policies was so firm, his commitment so strong, that he’d throw his hat into the fracas and enlist. He said of course he would, and that he’d already investigated the possibility, but since he was 36 at the time, he was too old to sign up (the maximum age was 35).
Sorry, done my time. you can thank me for my selfless contribution but the fact is that I wanna thank each and every tax payer who paid for my intro to drugs, booze and way,way, too much sex.
choosybeggar, let us know if your brother ever responds.
Does he have a wife and/or kids? That would be a convenient weaseling-out point. Understandable too, but he shouldn’t have said he’d sign up in the first place.
Interesting term, chickenhawk. I actually saw someone with a license plate with CHCNHWK and wondered what it meant. I especially wondered, because I thought I remembered “chickenhawk” being used to mean pedophile back years ago. I couldn’t imagine someone advertising THAT on their license plate. But then again, I wouldn’t advertise myself as a chickenhawk even using THIS definition.
Which branch of the armed forces? If you were in the Army, the Individual Ready Reserve wants YOU!
Hey, no fair! I had to pay for my own introduction to those things! And I still haven’t had “way, way, too much sex,” darnitall!
This sort of post saddens me. Why aren’t you respectful of his position? You obviously disagree with it, but he’s an adult and you must repect his right to hold an opinion with which you disagree. This lack of respect seems to be a common failing of the Left.
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Which branch of the armed forces? If you were in the Army, the Individual Ready Reserve wants YOU!
Last I heard, the IRR obligation is good for 8 years; if you served active/reserve for two years, the IRR had you for six; if you served for four years, the IRR had you for four more.
So basically, eight years and a day after you enlist, the Army can’t touch you anymore through the IRR.
Of course, the Army might be able to extend (retroactively, even) the IRR commitment to 10, 12, 15 or even 20 years by administrative fiat; I’m not sure, though.
What I am sure of, though, is that the policy wonks in the Army doesn’t always feel obligated to follow and obey their own policies.
Doctors without borders is more in line with my beliefs and training. AFAIK, they’re still not in country. Before going, I’d finish residency (little more than one more year left). And even then, I have small children.
But what about you; why the sneering? Are you a member of the falsely dichotomous, “If you’re not with us, you’re against us,” gang?
