[BasketBallonlyfan]

Now hear this: US troops do their job. The majority "joined up" as the best
prospect for making a living among limited choices. A smaller percentage
signed up for love of country and desire to serve. To simply say, "I
support the troops and am deeply saddended by the philosophy of
violence that led to 9-11" doesn't prove or change anything.

Some people in our military join for a job. Believe it or not, you dont make a lot of money in the armed forces. Some join to get away from the location that they are living in. They may see it as the only way out of a rut that their families have been in for generations. Others join because it is what they want to do. You can tell which branch of the service that they join as to why they do it. In the Army, you can get at least a 20,000 dollar signing bonus. In the Marines, you are lucky to get a t-shirt. Jobs in the Navy and Air Force are more technical jobs therefore people join them to use it as a stepping stone to get a better education. In all reality, it doesnt matter what your personal reasons for joining truly are. The important part is that people join. Even after all the problems and conflicts going on in the world today, people are still joining. So that changes everything.