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You can't pay our soldiers enough
You can't pay our soldiers enough
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Simple question
At what point of compensation, pay, benefits and incentives, does the volunteer soldier become a mercenary???
You have stats for this claim?Most are not fire breathing "patriots". They are just looking for a leg up.
Simple answer: At no pay level. In the military sense a mercenary is a professional soldier hired for service in a foreign or private army.
Any more stupid questions?
Yes.
They cannot be mercenaries unless they are employed by a foreign government. Got that.
Now, at what point should they lose the title of "volunteer"?
No, they take the job. Does Johnny 'volunteer to serve' at the local hardware store?Yes.
They cannot be mercenaries unless they are employed by a foreign government. Got that.
Now, at what point should they lose the title of "volunteer"?
As soon as we return to the draft. They "volunteer" to serve.
Dunno. Haven't spoken to most soldiers. I don't doubt less are Über-patriots than was the case during WWII.You have stats for this claim?Most are not fire breathing "patriots". They are just looking for a leg up.
I don't think you can quantify it, but in all likelyhood he is correct... Do you disagree?
As opposed to volunteering, which implies a deed done out of good will and not in return for compensation. You know, like working with Food Not Bombs.No, they take the job. Does Johnny 'volunteer to serve' at the local hardware store?As soon as we return to the draft. They "volunteer" to serve.
As opposed to what?
Dunno. Haven't spoken to most soldiers. I don't doubt less are Über-patriots than was the case during WWII.You have stats for this claim?
I don't think you can quantify it, but in all likelyhood he is correct... Do you disagree?
I don't know about that, JB. I do know, that two-thirds of the combat troops in WWII were draftees; and two-thirds of the combat troops in Vietnam were volunteers. That might seem counter-intuitive, but is true.Dunno. Haven't spoken to most soldiers. I don't doubt less are Über-patriots than was the case during WWII.You have stats for this claim?
I don't think you can quantify it, but in all likelyhood he is correct... Do you disagree?
So you're saying more Americans willing took a job suppressing VietNamese democracy and self-determination than got in line to respond to an attack on the homeland?
Simple answer: At no pay level. In the military sense a mercenary is a professional soldier hired for service in a foreign or private army.
Any more stupid questions?
Yes.
They cannot be mercenaries unless they are employed by a foreign government. Got that.
Now, at what point should they lose the title of "volunteer"?
I guess at the same moment that you become a stupid ****! Now stop asking fucking asinine questions!
Mercenaries? We've got junior enlisted personnel with families on food stamps, and some of you would call them "mercenaries"? I don't know how many of them join for the benefits, and how many still buy into the "Duty, Honor, Country" ideal, but I do know the quality of the young people serving now, and this American Veteran is damn proud of them!
You have stats for this claim?Most are not fire breathing "patriots". They are just looking for a leg up.