[Hoot Gibson]

Of course you take my words, and spin them into the biggest liberal hogwash imaginable.
I said NOTHING avbout the kids that joined the armed forces today....NOTHING.

My point was that todays youth are pansys.
Its the simple truth. Lets see how many voluntarily sign up to join the forces if ever needed again, compared to WW2 times....

You should always expect that one or two of the "usual suspects" is going to personally attack you when you criticize the deadbeats in their generation. I agree that the current generation pales in comparison to the one that fought and won World War II.

However, there is no shortage of young men and women who do measure up to that great generation. I attended a retirement ceremony for a Chief Warrant Officer on Friday, who I got to know as he prepared to retire after 23 years of service. I also met his father, who is a Vietnam vet and his older brother who retired after a long career in the military. Two of his sons currently serve in the Army and could not attend the ceremony, and his grandfather fought in WW II. I also met the Chief's 17-year old son, who was in his ROTC uniform and has been assisting a group of paralegals in the Army as an intern.

There are probably as many or more great people in the current generation as there were in our father's and grandfather's generation, but IMO, their numbers are not keeping pace with the growth of the general population. This clearly is not a great generation, but there are many, many members of the current generation who would have been standouts in any generation. The one or two who pounced on your words, which I took as a tribute to the generation who fought WWII, are not among them.