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Old 01-27-2007, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Flyhigher View Post
I would tend to agree with you. I just have one thing that troubles me. If someone joins the military for lack of a better choice, if you will, is he or she in the right mind-set to defend America?
I think that this would depend on the mind-set that they choose to have in the end. For instance, Audie Murphy chose to enlist because he truly had no other options. He became a true American Hero.

In todays society, I find it hard to believe that someone would not have other choices. We are a truly mobile society, and the youth of today has many, many more options than they did say 40 years ago.
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