On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 11:18:52AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: <snip> > > Let me start off by saying, apologetically, that I mis-spoke myself. I > am *not* in favor of the draft as it is commonly understood or was > used in this country. What I am in favor of is mandatory service. And > I think there is an important distinction here. The draft makes it > random (in theory) that one get's thrown in the mud with a > rifle. Mandatory service takes the randomness out of it. Its not bad > luck that you're here in the trench, its just your turn. And when > your turn is up, you will make a measured thoughtful decision whether > to support a move to war at any particular moment or not. > This makes much more sense to me. Though I am not in favor mandatory service, I do know some swedes and turks and they have a good opinion of it (Sweden and Turkey both have compulsory service, but it is apparently quite easy to get out of in Turkey). <massive snippage> > > > Ethnicity > > > > - 9 percent of airmen call themselves "Hispanic/Latino" > > - 87.9 percent "not Hispanic/Latino" > > - 3.1 percent declined to respond > > > > I'm not sure how this works. Is the hispanic/latino population > considered a subset of the white population above? If so, that makes > sense, if not, there's something funny here. > In 2000, the census made hispanic an ethnic category instead of a race. That means that someone can know be caucasion (or white, I forget the term used in the census) or african american *and* either hispanic or non-hispanic. <more massive snippage> On the differences between the Army and Air Force, I chose the Air Force for a good reason. I have had friends who have joined all four branches of the military. A few things: - enlisted personnel in the Air Force are much less likely to see direct combat than in any other service - Army, Navy and Marine Recruiters are much more likely to lie or bend the truth to recruit someone. I have had friends who joined all four branches and the best I can gather, Army and Marine recruiters especially lie. - The Army has the best college benefit plan, throwing in quite a bit more money for someone who goes into a combat specialty than any other service does. So, I am not surprised that there population is much less educated, since many join just for the college benefits. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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