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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: unclewest who wrote (227117)11/7/2007 6:45:26 AM
From: JDN   of 793883
 
I'm not sure I understand what you are suggesting, but IMHO we got TOO MANY GENERALS running around Washington looking for ways to justify themselves cause there arent enough TROOPS for them to command. As to waiving MINOR criminal complaints like one time weed use, I have absolutely no problem with that, in fact I wonder if the policy ever should have existed. I joined the USMC when the draft DID exist, and frankly, I didnt want to get drafted into the Army which among other things encouraged my Marine enlistment. I entered through Philly and most of the recruits on the "troop train" going to Parriss Island were inner city kids from NYC and PHILLY and believe me the average Citizen wouldnt have wanted to meet these guys on a dark night. But, you know what, the drill instructors at boot camp made damn good Marines out of MOST of them. Those that didnt or couldnt conform to military standards were pretty quickly weeded out. jdn
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