# What are young people entering the military for-love of country or a hand up in life? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 10, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-young-people-entering-the-military-for-love-of-country-or-a-hand-up-in-life/745670 "2016-02-10T02:12:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-young-people-entering-the-military-for-love-of-country-or-a-hand-up-in-life/745670/101 "2016-02-11T05:23:41Z")
> [@GloryDays](#): > > No I will not. The GOP doesn’t like the Clintons. They haven’t since 1992. So now it’s the Clintons. At any rate, I see no reason to engage with you further since you explicitly refuse to back up the claims you make. I encourage everyone else to do the same. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-young-people-entering-the-military-for-love-of-country-or-a-hand-up-in-life/745670/102 "2016-02-11T09:41:05Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Before you go, many of us have asked you to present evidence to support your OP’s claim: > > > [@](#): > > > > I understand the GOP wants to tear her down as much as possible and this is more a political ploy than anything else > > … > > Simple question: Are you going to support that claim or not? Point 1, he did not say those quoted words. They were written by a different poster in a [different thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19078335#post19078335). They have nothing to do with the current discussion. I’m guessing that you screwed up. You meant to quote from the first post in the current thread, but somehow cut & pasted the completely wrong thing. But this brings me to: Point 2: he did not make a claim in the first post. He quoted what his colleagues had said, and asked if it is true or not. Obviously, he was expressing some doubt about the claim. Why are you asking him to support someone else’s claim, that he doesn’t quite believe? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-young-people-entering-the-military-for-love-of-country-or-a-hand-up-in-life/745670/103 "2016-02-11T13:21:52Z")
> [@GloryDays](#): > > I am not bigoted at all. I despise it. I will try to talk to my co workers tomorrow and tame them down. Every thing is going to be okay. I can’t tell whether this is sarcastic, ironic, or naïve. Surely nothing in this thread has equipped you for that task. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-young-people-entering-the-military-for-love-of-country-or-a-hand-up-in-life/745670/104 "2016-02-11T13:31:00Z")
Based on the OP’s position in this thread, along with an [apparent pattern](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19067148&postcount=263)of not wanting to add any substance to the thread, I’m going to shut this down. With the apologies to those who attempted to address this topic seriously, I’m not seeing any evidence that the OP is really interested in pursuing the discussion. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-young-people-entering-the-military-for-love-of-country-or-a-hand-up-in-life/745670.md?page=5)