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To: Neocon who wrote (148788)	10/23/2004 9:09:20 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Just look at the demographics within the military for your answer - where the troops come from, their average education level, family incomes - it tells a story. It can be at once a positive and negative story. For some, the risk of being sent to action is a gamble they are willing to take in order to get a career, a way out. And for some, serving the nation is ice cream on the cake. For others... the career is a an economic gamble they have little alternative to take. Of course all in the military regardless of what socio/economic background they hail from hope that their leaders won't send them into action recklessly or needlessly. They've been gravely disappointed this time.