Doesn't anyone believe in patriotic duty anymore?
2006-11-27 11:19:09 · 7 answers · asked by AngryAmerican82 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I DO believe that there are SOME, and I can't even begen to express my gratitude to those people, but I'm talking about the people who do. It's extremely selfish and they should be ashamed of themselves.
2006-11-27 11:29:49 · update #1
I know college isn't cheap, but is it worth killing a man over? If you don't believe in this war, that's fine, but you shouldn't let money blind you into changing your mind. Period.
2006-11-27 11:41:37 · update #2
That's not TRUE patriotism. That's called joining the bandwagon. REAL patriots don't wait for a trajedy to occur and then jump on the patriotic bandwagon.
2006-11-27 15:00:20 · update #3
Many people have joined for educational benefits. They found out 5 years ago that this time the gamble wasn't such a good deal. From what/who I have seen, we are getting more enlistees due to "Patriotic Duty" than we are for "bennies".
In other words, paying for college has become secondary.
2006-11-27 11:47:39 · answer #1 · answered by Firecracker . 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I joined out of patriotic duty, two months after 9-11
It just so happened I got over 100 credit hours while I was in training, so it kills 2 birds with one stone. The military is the best thing in the country.
2006-11-27 11:25:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
That's why the gov't cut so many grants so that our young men and women would sign up. College ain't cheap, in case you haven't noticed. Two of my kids waited until they were 24 yrs. old so that they could get loans as independents. So far, they are 8k and 12k in debt. Patriotism? Where is our gov'ts'?
2006-11-27 11:33:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Since 9/11 we have had very few of the half-hearted 'only here for the college money' soldiers.
People today join to serve. (This may be a foreign concept to most people.)
2006-11-27 13:49:19 · answer #4 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Apparently you don't believe in the people who are doing their patriotic duty.
Everyone joins knowing they will be serving their country.
2006-11-27 11:25:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i dont think thats it because, we are at war right now and you wont be able to attend college if your serving over in iraq, i joined when the war first started and my reason was because that was my plan for so long.
2006-12-01 02:24:16 · answer #6 · answered by ARMY KID 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some do, most don't. Besides, patriotism doesn't cut it in *this* war!
2006-11-27 11:22:21 · answer #7 · answered by Bryce 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋