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November 16th, 2018, 12:20 AM | #241 | |
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And right now in the US, outside of the service academies, we aren't getting the best of the best, far from it. The % of gang members/white supremacists in the US military has never been higher and the average IQ is nearing an alltime low, because we are taking the dregs of society, the people for whom the military truly is the only road they can take. And of course we are spending what is it $782,000,000,000 on the defense budget. More than China, Russia, France, Germany and England COMBINED. Fuck. |
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Actually the standards for admission, including IQ and criminal records can and do change by the week, depending on several factors. I'd agree that a criminal record is an impediment to enlisting today, but it isn't an automatic disqualification. Pot being legalized in more and more states is going to be an impediment to enlistment, I can't imagine how many enlistees are going to wash out before they even get to basic because they fail the piss test when they go to the induction center and take the ASVAB and other stuff. The US is drawing a good % of enlistees from the South which has seen a resurgence in racism and bigotry since Trump arrived on the scene. And being a racist and a bigot isn't illegal. Hateful, yes? Illegal, no. |
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November 16th, 2018, 11:57 AM | #245 | |
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He comes home, and he's just wired differently. I thought he was joking when he said "you don't mind sitting with your back to the door?" His level of vigilance is just wildly different than mine. Someone has to do something for me to notice them-- he's looking at everyone on a crowded street, all the time. Its exhausting. |
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November 16th, 2018, 12:54 PM | #246 | |
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Your last sentence kind of broke my heart. Has your friend looked into getting some counseling/therapy? I know the VA is more than a little fucked up now, but I also know that shrinks/counselors will often give discounts. And it doesn't have to be a weekly appointment. Also not meant in a joking manner, but are there any type of Vets Anonymous group get togethers like Alcoholics Anonymous? I've wondered why we didn't see higher numbers of suicides of soldiers after WWII, but I guess it really was different, they got 52 weeks of pay, so they didn't have to work if they didn't want to, PLUS the GI Bill. It infuriates me how Trump is always yelling "WHAT ABOUT OUR FABULOUS ARMED FORCES, AM I RIGHT!!!! AND WE'RE MAKING THEM SO GREAT AND DOING SO MUCH TO MAKE THEM GREAT AGAIN!!!" and the reality is he's squatting over them and taking a shit on them. |
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One of the shrink's observations was that guys like him start out hyper-vigilant, that's what selection is all about. Its then tweaked with training, and bathed in adrenaline in years of combat. At the end, you've got a guy you're not going to unwind easily, or at all really. They're doing some experiments with MDMA (Ecstasy) which seem to help a bit But realistically, folks like this have to live someplace quiet, and reduce the number of people they're interacting with. A lot of these guys figure this out themselves, that's part of why they end up living in places like Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Some self medicate with drugs and booze, but others like my friend know the danger, stone cold sober, doesn't drink a drop. So he's about as OK as he's likely to be. |
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For $100,000 a person, we could give each one 40 acres of land in a way-out rural area, a small 2 room shack, a small garden tractor with attachments, various implements, some chickens and seeds, and a years supply of food, clothes and fuel to help start them on their way to self-sufficiency.
The liberals could help support them by buying their vegetables and organic grain rather than buying the crap that comes in from Cali and Mexico off the big farms. But then the bureaucrats, politicians and city hall grifters would have to forego the 95% cut they expected from each $100,000.
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