Reply #50: Print this essay out for those who are PAST the enlistment age [View All]

Well worth reading, printing, and handing out to bigmouth chickenhawk assholes who are safely past enlistment age!!!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/08/14/INGHQE6CBJ1.DTL&type=printable

....After all, how much youthful vigor does it require to fire lightweight weapons from the back of an armored-personnel carrier? How much strength does it take to press the trigger on a grenade launcher, or to redirect the turret on a tank? When soldiers are being driven to the various scenes of conflict, why is it necessary for soldiers to be young?

And, because youth is no longer the requisite quality for struggling, and because the U.S. military is having difficulty finding enough young people willing to fight and die in this struggle, it would, therefore, be wise to consider that vast pool of potential warriors at the other end of the age spectrum. Tapping that pool of warriors should be easy. Aging males are easily the most gung-ho of all warriors. From Rush Limbaugh and Karl Rove right on down to the guys who write letters to the editors of the nation's newspapers, the fiercest warriors are men over 50, men with expanding waistlines and receding hairlines who would tear the enemy a new one if only they could get up off the sofa in less than three tries.

Besides, many of these older men work out regularly and eat sensibly. The popular wisdom now has it that 60 is the new 40, and 40 is surely young enough to serve in the military. Guys like Rep. Tom DeLay, for instance, look to be in fine shape and would make good soldiers, I'm sure.

The reasons older males would make better warriors than younger people are too numerous to mention, but they surely include the fact that older males are much angrier than younger males. Older males are, in fact, really ticked off, as everyone who drives surely knows....