Military - March 2007

We have a large, very advanced military, but the conflicts in Iraq, and afganistan, along with large deployments in Korea, Japan, and Germany, have stretched the forces we have to the breaking point. WIll there be a draft, like there is in a majority of the countries in the world? Mandatory service is common around the world, and the profesional military force is shrinking, not growing. SOmething needs to be done. If you want a draft, what kind of draft? SHould all 18-20 year olds serve for 2 years, should the rich get out of it, should only poor city kids, and country boys have to continue to shoulder the burden?

If we want to hold onto out grip on the world, we need more troops. We will be in the middle east for at least the next 10 years, at war. How do we fight, when recruitment is dropping every month, and soldiers keep dying and getting hurt?

God bless all the poor kids, and men fighting over there.

2007-03-31 14:21:00 · 16 answers · asked by mikemoran1981 2

2007-03-31 14:08:07 · 14 answers · asked by early 2

I read Things on the internet all the time about the british complaining that America drug them into Iraq. Now, with Iran holding 15 of their military will they continue to downgrade America, the only country willing and able to kick Iran into the stone age?

2007-03-31 13:57:50 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it accurate that the Russians have developed a relatively inexpensive sea/air torpedo/missle (the "Sizzler" ) that has speed and evasive capabilities that can't be stopped by current U.S. technology?
Are the Russians selling this weapon to any nation that will buy it?
Does this weapon easily compromise our extremely expensive, very important and highly manned aircraft carrier fleet?

2007-03-31 13:50:25 · 4 answers · asked by gordem 2

2007-03-31 12:59:01 · 5 answers · asked by Jill C 1

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2007-03-31 12:44:52 · 2 answers · asked by sexy c 1

2007-03-31 12:09:10 · 4 answers · asked by catman1016 2

and now they won't take me in the Marines . I hope the navy will except me . I wish I had never done these Damn tattoos now. Someone told me not to do it once that the fads will change but I was just smart A and did it anyway .

2007-03-31 11:53:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Let's face it folks, the media is doing everything that it can to undermine the war on terror. They will print everything that they can get their grubby little hands on so long as it hurts public opinion and decreases troop morale.

In this time of war should newspapers, TV stations, and other media get a "seal of approval" for the news it reports? Should the freedom of the press be suspended for the safety of all Americans?

2007-03-31 11:35:42 · 26 answers · asked by bartmcqueary 3

2007-03-31 11:29:02 · 19 answers · asked by Beavis 1

When will america learn that this war is NOT all president bush's fault i hate the media portraying it this way the president has no power without the support of the goverment BUSH is NOT the goverment...Look at it this way after 9/11 90 percent of the country supported the war and so did 90 percent of the goverment... now a few years later things are not going as smoothly as planned and everyone including the media blames ONE person the president and only the president. Everyone is complaining that our troops are being killed and to pull them out well when YOU, yes you voted for this war back in 2001 YOU asked for war and death is a part of war if we pulled out now we would be letting all those soldiers die in vain by doing a half assed job and i guarantee if we left now the iraq goverment would be toppled within a month im sick of democrat ignorance and this whole country just believe whatever the media says GET A LIFE AND MAKE DECISIONS FOR YOUR SELF! DID I MENTION I HATE DEMOCRATS

2007-03-31 11:27:36 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

My husband has been in Boot Camp for 1 month now. They told us we would have his pay direct deposited on Mar. 15th and it was never put in. Everytime I call his recruiting officer, he never returns my calls or says he is gonna do something and never does. My husband has said a few times he has no idea what he is talking about. Like he said that he would have finance pull him aside and sign papers for a grace pay 2 weeks ago and my husband knows nothing about it. Does anyone know anything about military pay that could tell me what might be going on or if there is someone else that I can talk to about whats going on? Cause like I said, his recruiting officer doesnt seem to want to help. Thanks

2007-03-31 11:14:09 · 13 answers · asked by AspynnsMommy 2

2007-03-31 10:52:55 · 10 answers · asked by Blueduck 1

"hostages" and calling their capture "inexcusable."

i don't know about you...but those sound like fightin' words.

$4 gallon gasoline anyone?

2007-03-31 10:42:40 · 19 answers · asked by ? 3

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2007-03-31 10:15:49 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

You believe people are poor cause they want to be-that Bush and Cheney are War heroes-China is our best freind because they make for a healthy stock market-that the War in Iraq had nothing to do with oil-you hate the thought of a draft because the people sending kids to War might have to go-that God is speaking through Bush-that the blue collar kids that died in Vietnam and WWII were wealthy Repubicans-that the Democrats are resposible for the mismangement of the Iraq War-that Halliburton moved to Dubai becuase of there love for America-when in doubt blame Clinton!!!!

2007-03-31 10:11:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I can definately take good jokes and busts and love to crack them too so I'm not worried about my co enlistees who have "manlier" jobs busting on me while I bust back all in good fun. But is there a more serious reason why I should not try to get an administrative desk job if that's what I want to do in the air force? Will I be looked down upon by my superiors as a some sort of sorry excuse for a man by being a man, with a administrative desk job in the air force who is qualified for much more physically of "tougher" jobs?

I'm not trying to start anything with any men in the military with desk positions. I'd like to here from you guys the most. What is your experience like as far as how you are looked at as being a man in the military with an administrative desk job? Is it weird or is it cool? How did you get that behind the desk job? Is there lots of competition for these jobs? Or are they reserved for mostly women? Thanks

2007-03-31 10:11:03 · 14 answers · asked by World Expert 1

Sacrifice a few men to drift into Iranian territory - get them arrested and give your country a good reason to side with the USA in another war.
This time more than a million people won't march against the war but for it.

2007-03-31 10:05:56 · 16 answers · asked by Qi 3

I am not pro-war or anti-war - I am just interested after todays big lorry bomb killed 152 people

2007-03-31 09:53:51 · 17 answers · asked by craig_billinghan 1

2007-03-31 09:37:12 · 6 answers · asked by thomas sts 1

Have the Iranians taken the Democrats anti-war stance as a sign of weakness? Will other terrorists be emboldened also?

2007-03-31 08:38:08 · 21 answers · asked by SnowWebster2 5

People who say the U.S. can't fight a war on 3 fronts really need to look at a map. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Middle_east_graphic_2003.jpg

As you can see, Iran is sandwiched right in between Iraq and Afghanistan, which means one relatively big war instead of three little ones.

As much as people like to insult Bush's intelligence, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if he were sitting on top of 100 smoking guns and waiting for the right time to pull them out so that the rest of the world would then have to kiss his a55.

2007-03-31 07:06:01 · 1 answers · asked by baqq2cali 2

2007-03-31 07:04:49 · 11 answers · asked by Ugly Betty 3

Veternas are taking the rap for greedy politicians. IT IS VERY
OBVIOUS THAT SOMETIMES IT IS MORE PROFITABLE TO LOOK WEAK. IT THE OLD TENDENCY TO FAVOR THE ALSO RAN BECAUSE HE WAQS REALLY TRYING HARD. THE WAR IS TO BE GIVEN ACCESS TO OIL. THA='s MONEY.

2007-03-31 06:18:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

A recent report from the Pentagon-said Rumsfelds base closing are hurting our current War effort-training -logistics-etc? I guess it would have been alright if the War Bush and his neo-con chickenhawks turned out as planned.

2007-03-31 06:05:35 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Joe Biden a Democrat says he has no qualms-attacking a country that is trying to harm us-he wants a straong military-but does not want to go around the world setting up governments-(in other words destroy their infrastructure-let them run around with bottled water and flashlights0 but forget the scheming Bush method of War (OIL)

2007-03-31 06:02:01 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070331/ap_on_re_eu/british_seized_iran_226 If this is true, that Iran planned in advance the capture of the sailors, then I would consider that an act of war.
"Iran appears intent on sending a message of strength as it faces mounting U.N. Nations sanctions...". Should we cut the crap and show them what strength really is?

I would like to hear from Americans as well as Britons, that if negotiations fail and Britain goes to war with Iran, would you support the US being apart of the invasion as well?

2007-03-31 05:39:33 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-03-31 05:22:22 · 3 answers · asked by Ajayi Adeniyi 1

I know they were in small boats, and probably outgunned by larger, heavily armed patrol boats. But, they were armed, wouldn't you at least fight or speed off in another direction? To me they gave in too easily when this all could have been avoided.

2007-03-31 05:08:10 · 14 answers · asked by Redtic 2