Tweet - Do not let your loved ones enlist in the military at this time,

[RandySF]

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Red T Raccoon
@RedTRaccoon
I don't take this statement lightly because service is the highest calling to me.

If you or a family member is thinking or in the process of enlisting in any of the Armed Services, don't.

This is a dangerous situation with an even more dangerous Commander in Chief.

[woodsprite]

1. Well, guess I did ok then by telling the recruiter

That the military already had 4 of my son’s cousins, son isn’t a gun humper, he already has a full ride to college, and there was no way he would consider serving the current commander in chief.

I wasn’t that blunt the first 2 times they called me at my work. Son gave them my contact number (not his own) when they came to high school with a rock climbing wall and they were collecting info.

[Laffy Kat]

6. When my boys were in school we had to sign a release so they would NOT be approached by a recruiter.

I signed one and they still tried to recruit both my kids.

[UTUSN]

3. I take credit for talking a vet (6 yrs Army from before) from enlisting into Shrub's Iraq attack

He was going to go in a couple of months. I told him, you have your mother and little brother to take care of, you already went, and this is a phony war. He wasn't a big talker, didn't tell me what he was going to do but didn't go.

There was a chickenhawk around, telling me the thank-you-for-your-service thing, the kind who are saying it because you went so they didn't have to go. And the vet walked in and I said to the chickenhawk, if this guy comes back in a box don't talk to me, don't try to shake hands. He said, "I didn't do it!" I said, you love (Shrub), you're cheerleading for this war but *you* don't go!

Anyway, the vet didn't go.

[lame54]

4. Can't stop an adult

[Laffy Kat]

5. No way I would ever let my boys kill or be killed for oil.

They wouldn't do it anyway. I am thankful for our military but would not let mine enlist for the reasons we go to war now. I would encourage them to join the National Guard except I know they could still be deployed for fighting an oil war.

[Brother Buzz]

7. Anything's possible with Commander Cuckoo-Bananas in charge.

Hell, you could wake up and discover you're being commanded by a mad Saudi prince.

[Aussie105]

8. As a long time pacifist

I have to wonder why anyone would consider the Armed Services as High Calling.

Get trained (to kill), get sent overseas (to kill), come back alive, if lucky, physically and/or psychologically scarred, get neglected by the supposed veterans' support system?
And all because some draft avoider, Commander Bone_Spurs, decided for some abstract ideas, it would be a good thing?

By all means join up and be patriotic if your own country is being attacked by invaders.
(Older Vietnamese in Vietnam still talk about the Vietnam War as an American invasion.)

Sorry if I'm being offensive, but it had to be said.

[Revanchist]

14. I didn't have the discipline for college when I was 17 and I knew it.

I was trained to fix radar and avionics fire control systems. The only time I touched a gun was in boot camp and I served for 20 years. I was able to see over a dozen countries, something I would never be able to do as a civilian, and had all of my bachelors and most of my masters degree paid for.

[X_Digger]

20. Few consider it a 'high calling'. Most consider it a way to get a skill / college.

In economically depressed areas, for kids who can't afford college, the service is often a way to get a marketable skill, and if they stay in long enough, decent college benefits.

Most soldiers in today's service handle a gun during basic training, then rarely after.

A majority come home just fine, having pushed a pencil, a wrench, a keyboard, or a radio instead of a rifle.



You're not being offensive, just demonstrating ignorance.

[AllyCat]

9. Neighbor's son enlisted last week. So scared for him.

What a horrible period in our history this has been.

[Efilroft Sul]

16. The 21st century thus far has been one big flaming bag of crap.

[former9thward]

18. Not really.

The 21st century has been far more peaceful than the 20th so far. By 1919 17 million had died in WW I alone.

[Efilroft Sul]

22. Point taken.

From my point of view, it's that so much potential and goodness has been, and is still being, squandered. And in my mind, that's the flaming bag of crap.

[Initech]

10. Um... Saudi Arabia can go fuck itself with a rusty spoon.

Seriously they are the worst country on earth.

[rusty quoin]

11. No way. My youngest son will graduate from high school this year. I don't know what Trump

and his guys will do. They diverted military funds for his wall. It’s like he is king.

So, why can he not do a draft, off the cuff, and demand all 18 year olds to fight. He follows no rules. My wife and I worried about this in 2016.

I’m less concerned about enlisting, but more concerned about how he will force every young guy to fight in his army.

[xmas74]

12. Too late.

Nephew serving in Korea right now.

[Kaleva]

13. Does this include the Coast Guard?

Those who enlist in the Navy and Air Force would probably remain quite safe.

[NCLefty]

15. I agree Trump could do almost anything at any time. However, he seems war-phobic, possibly due to

Iraq. He knew Bush Jr. lied, screwed up and got us into an intractable war over a lie and he himself attacked the Bush family for this when Jeb was running. He knows that the president can be held liable for a failed effort (see also: Vietnam). It's been 2.5 years and to me he seems fairly reticent to use our military. We could have imagined much more military action for this guy, yes?

And, indeed, this "tough guy's" first military action as president got Americans killed:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/how-trump-team-s-first-military-raid-went-wrong-n806246

I think Trump the "branding" guy (yes, also moron), knows this is a potential P.R. nightmare. War is a massive "question mark." Here's one example where his cowardice reveals his ignorance: he literally doesn't know WHAT to do (outside of mouthing off on Twitter).

I wouldn't encourage anyone to enlist in the military; You are giving the decision over your life to someone else who may be a moron. That may work out for you, but maybe you also die young...

[AwakeAtLast]

17. My husband enlisted after we invaded Afghanistan.

I wholeheartedly agree with you!!!

[lpbk2713]

19. People mean nothing to Trump. They are expendible.

I would not want to be in the military and have my life in his hands.

[RobinA]

21. I Wouldn't Want

my family member enlisting ever. I consider the “high calling” bit to be the result of propaganda carried out to get people to enlist. I get why the military might be a good deal for some people, then by all means, enlist. But higher calling? No.