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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (62397)8/21/2004 2:22:43 PM
From: Ann Corrigan  Read Replies (1) of 793911
 
>>That is why the military likes them young - 19 years of age - preferably. They will do what they are trained to do and not ask too many questions.<<

Actually youth is desirable in combat for the same reason there are so many traffic accidents caused by teenage drivers--they assume they are invincible.

Islamic terrorist recruitment teams have the same criteria for their new sign ups, however, the way their youthful warriors are used makes all the moral difference in the world.
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