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A mate just emailed them to me, and I felt compelled to pass them on.
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A few always let the side down though.
Well obviously not because they are soldiers. A small group lets the football fans down... a small group lets the police down.
A minority of people can be right cocks when they try.
You obviously don't know anyone in the army.
thats the job description
or do people join the army to travel as they advertise, i think not
i was considering joining the armed forces fully aware i'm basically being paid to kill people, and i decidfed not to after a long thought
Behave yourself , Suzy, telling the truth can get you in trouble
Its true. Soldiers are trained to fight and kill people and they get a fairly good wage for it.
Im surprised you didnt know that tbh.
I guess you're unfamiliar with peacekeeping and humanitarian operations.. :rolleyes: Those in our armed forces do not 'go around killing people for money' - they're not mercenaries or hitmen.
I could only guess where you got that "thought" from.
Let me,for one, know what you are talking about.
What would you say is " a hitman" ?
What would you say is " a mercenary" ?
Those photos are blatantly posed and Western-media friendly. Nice thought in posting them, but the reality is far different.
So soldiers aren't there to do the bidding of the government? You might want to rethink that one.
True. A lot lads join to get a job and a trade cos there's not a lot of other job opportunities.
Its a pretty shite wage when you think to earn it you may spend six months of the year away from home, working sixteen hour days with people taking pot shots at you.
You know, I wasn't really expecting that kind of response from you.
Most of the boys that join up aren't thinking that sooner or later you'll have to shoot someone, or they'll shoot you, or your mate. Whether the boys are operational somewhere they shouldn't be or not, the people that they kill, tend to be the ones that'd sooner kill them, accidents happen, but the british army have a really good record when it comes to civilian casualties.
They join the army for similar reasons to my own. For me, it was the fast fast track to Chartered Engineers status, it was uni for free. For them, it's getting away from their home town, it's the mates, it's the jobs you can get after, it's the adventure. It's not killing people for money.
people join for lots of reasons. Thats certainly one of them. Boredom with working a '9-5' civilian job is another, old fashioned patriotism, a wish to travel and see the world, sporting opportunities, family links, perhaps even a bit of romanticism.
Just goes to show how little you pay attention. I've posted similar before.
A lot of the time it could be viewed as economic conscription. Fuck all jobs, no educational opportunities - join the army!