On Sep 11, 7:32Â pm, Snarky
caballista.organ> wrote:> On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:29:27 -0700, thunderhox wrote these lies, denials,
> arrogant assertions, erroneous presuppositions, and/or obfuscations:
>
>> On Sep 11, 12:31Â am, TransWench wrote:
>
>>> Just pointing out that ShrubCo repeatedly made a bogus connection
>>> between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein, using it as one more lame
>>> justification for the invasion, an invasion with a price tag in the
>>> lives of American servicepeople now closing in on 5,000 (counting only
>>> those actually killed in Iraq by insurgent activity,
>
>> It's an all-volunteer service and that's the risk of being a soldier.
>> Nobody forced them to sign up. Why did they think they are taught to shoot
>> rifles and lob grenades in basic training if not to kill people?
>
> Certainly it's *all-volunteer*. That doesn't mean they get to decide what
> they'll do or where they'll go.
It's the military. Do you think that they expected to be able to
decide their own assignments?
Nor does it mean they were signing up
> for it, if they joined in, say, 2000, or early 2001.
They didn't expect to be used for the mission that they are explicitly
trained for? Erm, okay.
