Bush claims the fight in Iraq is essential to Americans. That the costs of losing would be a disaster. Why should Americans believe him when he can't even convince his own daughters that the war is worth fighting?
2007-01-31 16:50:59 · 24 answers · asked by truth be told 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I think you dim bulbs who answered along the lines of "Because they don't want to" are missing the point. The president is insisting that the fate of America hinges on the outcome in Iraq. By not enlisting his daughters are saying either that they think that their dad is full of crap, or that the fate of America isn't worth fighting for. So, which is it?
2007-01-31 17:06:59 · update #1
Again, to all the liars who are saying "No one is in Iraq who doesn't want to be", why not trying to get your facts straight. The government has reneged on promises to tens of thousands of soldiers. They've forced them to do extra tours, or they've refused to allow them to retire after they fulfilled their commitments.
2007-01-31 17:10:44 · update #2
Okay, let me see if I've got this straight -- the United States has an ALL VOLUNTEER MILITARY, so that means that nobody has to join if they don't want to. And nobody can FORCE them to join if they desire not to.
So, unless Bush's daughters decide that they wish to join the military, there's no reason for them to do so. This isn't the Childrens' Crusade, you know.
Personally, I don't want anybody in my Army that was forced to join -- the service works MUCH better with people who wish to be in, than with those forced to join.
What about you? What have you done to show them that there is a better argument? Posted inane pseudo-questions to yahoo! Answers? Pfaugh, what a waste.
2007-02-01 08:57:47 · answer #1 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Remember that our military is all volunteer. If the Bush girls want to enlist, that is there choice. It's sad that our military is getting the short end of it, but our problems in Iraq stem from trying to fight a politically correct war in a very non politically correct part of the world. It isn't going to go well until the business suits & politicians get out of war planning & let the military kick butt & take names later.
2007-01-31 18:43:03 · answer #2 · answered by Eskimo Mom 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
What an original argument. Why would he try to convince his daughters to go to war? They are adults and can legally make their own decisions. If they wanted to enlist, they would. No one who is in Iraq right now was forced; they all wanted to fight for their country. The military just isn't for some people and it's every individual's decision to make and no one else's. Just because they haven't enlisted doesn't mean they don't believe it's something for worth fighting. Your fallacious logic is quite astounding.
2007-01-31 17:02:19 · answer #3 · answered by asthenia394 2 · 5⤊ 1⤋
The same reason Chelsea Clinton didn't enlist when her dad called Islamic terrorists and Saddam Hussein a threat to humanity.
2007-01-31 17:08:47 · answer #4 · answered by mark g 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
This is a stupid question. The answer is they do not want to and they are choosing not to. Did you ask the same type of question when the last president got the USA into armed conflicts and his daughter chose not to enlist?
2007-01-31 16:59:14 · answer #5 · answered by STEVE S 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
They do not want to - maybe!
Have you or all your friends joined for every war you believed in? What about Desert Storm? I believe in the cause & my son is an Army Ranger but my daughters, my husband & I have not joined. Believing it is worth fighting & joining has no relation at all.
2007-01-31 17:04:24 · answer #6 · answered by Wolfpacker 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can be involuntarily extended! However you can not be drafted and involuntarily serve. If you could fewer questions like this would be asked. More questions like "How do I get exempted from service?" would be asked. I agree that for years the military has been the easy way to get an education or out of town, etc. However, now the "armed services" are being asked to repay this debt.
2007-01-31 18:21:12 · answer #7 · answered by da_bears46 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It's their right not to enlist, just as it is your own right. Maybe they do question their father's judgement, maybe they want to go to college and drink beer like all the other kids their age.
Who are you to tell them different?
2007-02-01 03:45:33 · answer #8 · answered by The Tin Man 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because, we Soldiers give you the freedom to choose if you want to join up or not and besides the Military is not for everyone.
2007-01-31 16:59:20 · answer #9 · answered by Koolaid1730 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
what the **** is wrong with you?
they don't enlist because they don't want to.
Speaking as a former enlisted who has been to war in that country and a member of the VFW, i will say this:
It is an all volunteer army and it should be.
Politician's kids don't have to serve, your kid doesn't have to serve, and no one who is in Iraq today was forced to serve.
They enlisted knowing they were joining the military, it's not the boy scouts and it's not just a free ride to college. That is something you earn.
2007-01-31 16:55:50 · answer #10 · answered by Malikail 4 · 7⤊ 3⤋