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OGLemon wrote:Our country wastes so much money, it's almost unbelievable.

Maybe this is why so many people don't care to do anything about it?


All I know, is I wanna find the trash can the gov't throws the extra money in

I spose mercenaries dying is better than conscripts/draftees dying....
assuming the cause isn't worthy.

how are mercenaries different from conscripts? they both signed a contract knowing the possible outcome and agreed to settle for the proposed reward. if anything, mercs are the smarter bunch, getting some decent P out of the gov't for getting fucked up.

btw how come everybody cries about general health care when your government is spending 300billions on mercenaries? americans are so fucking stupid.

conscript =/= soldier of fortune

how can you think those two are close to the same thing at all?

conscription is compulsory service; mercenaries are bought by the highest bidder; they are in 'it' for profit

(and yes our govt is insane, 'we' spend more on fighter jets and drone strikes than our education etc etc etc etc, I hate that myself and don't exactly know what to do about it, probably the same with a lot of the citizens of my country)

yes but us military isnt a conscription service either since 1973

so anyone who joins is doing so of their own volition

what is the difference between them and pmc

other than a piss poor wage

soronery wrote:yes but us military isnt a conscription service either since 1973

so anyone who joins is doing so of their own volition

what is the difference between them and pmc

other than a piss poor wage

That wasn't my point at all.

He was making a comparison of conscription and PMC.

In terms of actually wanting to join the armed forces in the U.S....thats a can of worms I don't personally care to open myself right now.

supporting the troops and supporting the wars can be independant of one another

i respect people who fight in our armed services

but i dont agree with most of the wars theyere fighting in

soronery wrote:supporting the troops and supporting the wars can be independant of one another

i respect people who fight in our armed services

but i dont agree with most of the wars theyere fighting in

I def agree with you. I'm not even sure if you were aiming this towards what I just said, but it still has nothing to do with what I was talking about really.

same reason you never see bumper stickers saying support our pmcs

I suspect Cyclops is referring to the way the US (& most other countries)
inducts its poor unemployed to keep the war machine primed
with fresh meat ready to be shredded with ieds.

sorry my bad, I thought conscripts were the ones who signed up themselves; and yes, since nobody's forced to join the US army, I think there's not much of a difference between a soldier and a mercenary - apart from the soldier swapping $ for social esteem (until you've left the service of course).

OGLemon wrote:Our country wastes so much money, it's almost unbelievable.

Good thing its not real money.

nowaysj wrote:

OGLemon wrote:Our country wastes so much money, it's almost unbelievable.

Good thing its not real money.

soon come

nowaysj wrote:

OGLemon wrote:Our country wastes so much money, it's almost unbelievable.

Good thing its not real money.

Boom, indeed.