Replies to post #292499 on Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[StephanieVanbryce]

thanks ... I was focusing too much on 'stuff' like pay grades - medical care - uniforms etc.. and not on what you pointed out .. thank YOU.

[budge]

it's actually rather fascist in some respects. yet, socialistic in some. i was particularly endeared to their solcialized medicine. NOT!!!

imagine being 35 years old, married, tree kids at home, and being confined to barracks for 2 weeks for a speeding ticket. that happened to someone in my detatchment.
soldiers make sacrifices long before they reach the battlefield. they sacrifice some of the rights we take for granted.