On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 22:07:33 GMT, The God of Odd Statements
wrote:

On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 16:53:19 -0500, John Fields did most oddly state:
On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:57:29 GMT, "Homer J Simpson" wrote:

Hmmm, and what has happened to the servicemen injured saving Kuwait? The
ones who are in wheel chairs or blind living in run down trailers? Any
money for them?

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Nope. That wasn't part of the deal.

Gee, why am _I_ not surprised? Of course, who cares what happens to a
bunch of worthless, lowlife grunts who were lucky enough to visit the
Middle East on the taxpayer's dime?

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Their families and friends do, and their country does.
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They were just lower-income types
anyway, right? Not useful people, like the rich. Not anyone who
_matters_. Well, aside from the rich people who volunteered, but they
were silly. Leave the actual fighting to the little people, the cannon
fodder -- it's what they're for.

Right?

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Kinda. When you join the service as enlisted, (just for example,
let's say the Army Infantry) the presumption is that if you have to
go to war you're going to be a grunt, you're going to be put in
harm's way, and you're the one who's going to have to do the dirty
work. There's no mystery about that, and it's just the way it
works.

Certainly there's no presumption that a grateful foreign nation
which you helped will repay you in monetary terms, since that's not
part of the deal.

Simple.



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John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer