Why are Republicans so afraid of their kids being sent to the military?
87583
Republicans have a long History of sending others off to fight and die. They never do there own dirty work.\nWhat I do not understand is that if they support war then why are they not there fighting now?\nThere should be none here on Yahoo questions.
846524
So now we Americans who are in favor of the war, don't have children? Is that what you are saying?\n\nI resent that. I have 5 children 4 girls and a boy. My son served 6 \nyears in the Army. I have a son-in-law who served in the Air Force,\nand two sons-in-law currently serving in the Army. To say nothing \nof the 3 nephews also currently serving, 1 in the Marine Corps.\n1 air  Force. and 1 in the Army. \n\nI have also put in my time in the Army. As a matter of fact, when I\nwas discharged, I took a long hard look at the political views then\npresent and became a conservative. Prior to that I had been\na liberal.\n\nSo don't try to hand me any of your liberal bull crap.
1162712
Let's see.\n\nMy dad was in the Marines. My uncles were in the Air Force and Army. My brother is career Army and I was in the Air Force.\n\nYes, I'd say that if I had a child, I would have no problem with them joining the military. Because they wouldn't be a bed-wetting liberal who didn't understand that the primary job of the military is to break things and kill people. And they'd be well read and well versed on the history of the world.
990132
Amen!!!  I am a moderate liberal, but some of the crazy people in here scare me!!  also, my spouse is in the marine corps.... so the military is definitely a good thing!
763949
It's amazing how many people believe this. Republicans have NEVER advocated a draft; they don't support it now; they didn't support it before the Invasion.\n\n_________\n\npink_angel wrote:"Republicans don't want a draft because then it means that their rich kids will have to go...now it's mostly minorities...and Republicans dont care about them."\n\nApart from the self-righteous arrogance of your response, you're factually wrong as well. Many Republicans aren't rich in the least (like family and I). The military is composed of people across cultural, class, and economic lines. (And even if they were poor, should we degrade their contribution to our national security? Perhaps they serve regardless of their poverty.)\n\nAnd you don't understand Republican arguments against minimum wage. If you did, you'd know they DO care about the poor!\n\n** "The poor are enlisting at demonstrably lower rates since 9/11. Specifically, the percentage of recruits from the poorest one-fifth of American neighborhoods declined from 18% in 1999 to 13.7% in 2005. The reverse is true for recruits from the wealthiest one-fifth of neighborhoods. They are now overrepresented, accounting for 22.8% of all recruits. "\n\nhttp://www.heritage.org/Press/Commentary/ed110406a.cfm\n\n** "Household Income of Recruits -- We found that recruits tend to come from mid­dle-class areas, with disproportionately fewer from low-income areas. Overall, the income dis­tribution of military enlistees is more similar to than different from the income distribution of the general population."\n\nhttp://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/cda05-08.cfm
1105730
for the armed forces yes or any one who puts their life on the line for this country, those  kids have more courage than any politician. or anyone else for that matter.
738031
It seems that once a young person starts getting situated into a good job, strong relationship or marriage, financial independence, owning property and having babies, their life changes.  Their priorities change.  Their values change.  Many of them become slaves to their own economic burdens, like paying a mortgage, payments on a car, hospital debt from having a baby, vacations with the family, tuition payments for the kids, etc.  \n\nThe idea of joining the military service goes on the back burner when all of this happens.  These same guys will respond in a true national emergency, but right now they're content with letting the youngsters handle it.\n\nMany combatants are between the ages of eighteen and twenty five.  The military service tries real hard to get these people before they get involved as described above, because once they get involved with all the creature comforts of life, including a wife, they probably aren't as effective as a young, freshly trained youth with no outside responsibilities, but plenty of dedication!
236501
I think  it is more "Terror of War" my son is getting real close to 18 and it scares me everyday to think of him at war . I don't think I could bear the idea of not knowing if he were safe or not.
1107180
Absolutely YES. I come from a Republican Family and I am at odds with many. They put "Being a Republican" ahead of logical thinking. How can a thinking person support George Bush. I am a Republican but this man is a walking disaster. He has done ,NOT one thing to improve this country. I think it is all to make his daddy richer and happier. Iraq was and is a disaster. The man lied and keeps on lying about the war. The man on the street knows better how the war is going. Enlisted people are going to jail because they are being held responsible for what officers told them to do and then denied giving the orders.Any one who has been in combat knows that enlisted men and women do only what they are told. The marines involved in the killing of civilians were told by HIGH UP the chain of command to do whatever they did. Officers will not be sacrificed. Enlisted "Grunts " will. My family believes the propaganda from the White House- I do not.
831772
The Service Chiefs are the experts and I think that everyone should listen to their advice. The problem is that the liberals view them as the enemy. They don't want America to be able to defend itself so they are very anti-military. Look what the loony leftys did to the ROTC in San Francisco. They didn't care that the kids participating wanted to keep the program. They just want to push their Secular Progressive agenda onto everyone.
934588
80% of soldiers might be republican, but sure as hell 80% of republicans are not veterans!!
324661
No, the military is by choice right now.  Now, if the draft comes around, (pray it doesn't) if they have anything to do with their kids not going, throw them out of office right then.
111909
Maybe you grew up too sheltered. Some parents will try to protect their children from anything harmful and in return the children only learn fear from the things they were protected from. I've heard of cases like that.\nCould also be past experiences.. but there are alot there.
68669
Luckily we live in a free country and can make our own decisions.  Of course our freedom is guaranteed by those in the military.  I'm retired military, with two combat tours, and I support the war.  I wouldn't want my son to join the military because most Americans don't appreciate the military nor the fredoms they provide.  Basically most Americans are not worth my sons life.
590495
They're morons that won't change. Who cares. Let the stupid ignorant republicans send their sons to die for Bush's oil. No democrat would fight because they know it's in vain. Republican poor families, which are the only ones who inlist, deserve it for their absolute ignorance of ruining everyones life with their religious extremism, and redneck patriotic extremism.\nhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-869183917758574879
1040312
I'm very disillusioned that this many answers say it's a sin.\nWhat has happened to our educational system?! Clearly, we\nare not concentrating on eduction to point of being scary. \n\nIt's genetic, they are born that way. I have friends who had to \ngrow up in turmoil & fear, just because they're gay. Does \nanyone really think they would chose to be fearful all of the time?\n\nYep, you're exactly right, it's to justify their bigotry or maybe to\ndivert some attention away from Iraq, but I'm sure, it's both. \n\nAnd yes, they have a face, 2 arms, 2 legs & a voice - they \nshould have the same rights as every one else.\nDiscrimination - such a thorn in my side!
60566
First thing to come to mind is by raising my kids to be the best people they can be. The children are our future. The second thing is not for everybody but I am trying to join the armed forces of The United States of America and do my part to support this great nation and all it stands for.