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To: michael97123 who wrote (149279)	10/27/2004 11:11:25 AM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) of 281500

we now have a professional army and it is classless and committed, our version of the French FL Yes and no. The volunteers are mostly from the lower and middle classes, not the children of folks who chime in here regularly. Sons and daughters of policemen, firemen, farmers, construction workers, etc., a lot of kids who volunteer for the benefits but who are now being exposed to combat. Plus, their terms are being extended in a big way. These things will have societal impacts as the Iraqi vets return. I cannot predict them. We are over-extended militarily. We cannot deal with another crisis anywhere else. This needs to be fixed by increasing pay and benefits in order to attract more kids into the armed forces. This is of course expensive.

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