Why do people join the army then whinge when they get shot at?

peeps

Wow I really have no response to this rather than to say....

GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!

Centurion529

An excellent question, but in all my experience I can not answer you. Its one of life's great mysteries. Why are people such selfish cowards?

psycho-cook

Man, you're harsh. I try not to listen too closely to what the newly agrieved say--it can make you a little insane. If my husband died choking on chocolate I might actually stop eating it! Is it logical, no. Too many people join the military during peace time for the pay and benefits forgetting that there is risk involved. My husband gave me a strong lecture on the risks of his military career when he was asking me to marry him. What a romantic! He almost convinced me not to marry him! I sometimes think spouses, children, and parents should all receive that same lecture. (The soldiers get it during their oath!) Some don't pay any attention though.

bmw4909

Exactly, 95% of the military know what they are getting in for. Thats why 95% ofour troops support the mission. Its only the whiny anti-bush ones you hear about not the ones that know we are doing good over there. Thanks Liberal media!

lifesajoy

Here in the states - many join to defend the country. But there are still quite a few that join to get a free education. Then they whine when they have to go into combat. They volunteered to be in the military - they wanted a free ride and can't stand that they have to do what they signed up for.

GRAY

Been there, Done that. (USMC) If you're old enough to sign a contract, you're olf enough to know what you're getting yourself into. the rest, is B.S.You always know what the worst case scenario is, and that's kill or be killed.

Some people have the responsibility and call to duty to serve their country, which you know NOTHING about obviously. Its not that we sign up for the Army to get shot at. . .we take the risk of being shot at so people like you can enjoy your freaking freedoms.

colera667

most people have other reasons to join the military then for combat. some people are just sent to iraq and forced into hostile situations to protect their unit, civilians and themselves.

but as for persons joining lookin for combat, they should not throw a fit and no one should throw a fit on their behalf if they suffer from what happens in actual combat.

IMAGINARY SKY FAIRY

lol, i ask myself that every time i see the news.

bwaaaare

I agree with you don't sign until you fully understand that when you do go in to the military for what ever reason once you sign that paper you sign to go to war when ever they need you too.

grahamralph2000

totally agree with you mate, anyway they must be dim because the navy has got a better uniform pulls the girls better and dont have to go eye to eye they lob the bombs in from a distance and see the world (apart from submariners who glow in the dark)

mreshouse09

I don't think you should criticize a professional soldier or a soldier's family until you have served time in a uniform.

You should thank the young soldiers that "signed on the dotted line" rather than insult them.

I really hope your in the military cause if your not just shot yourself. Not everyone is cut out for service but atleast they gave that leap that most Americans wont do.

brock

they have to blame somebody for it. makes them feel better.

Apollonia

You have actually answered your own question - it is the parents who are whinging not the soldier. So, people do not join the army then whinge when they get shot at, it's the family who whinge.

Sherilynne B

I don't think that is the case or if it is it is not very often.
While I personally disagree with the policy in Iraq I certainly respect those men and women who are doing the best job they can, and it is a dangerous one. They do not make the policy, they go where they are told and do what they are told at great risk to their own lives and I for one have not heard of complaints such as you describe. There ARE those who disagree with the policy, as I and many Americans do, but where is it said that any of our brave army are whining about it.
What you say may be true of Blair's troops but so far as I know not of Bush's.

Rad

iv often thought exactly the same thing!

Yahoo Answer Rat

just a case of buyer remorse

jaygo

to defent their country and they are proud

gregory_dittman

It's just human nature vs the odds vs the media. The media is overstating how bad it is in Iraq because they don't like Republicans. They once said they interviewed a soldier that hated the war and later died. The only trouble was they never interviewed the soldier and he is alive. AP has been using Sunni insurgent stringers to report the news much like they used North Vietnamese spies to report on the Vietnam War. If 1% of the soldiers have mental problems, that's still 1,500 American troops a year and 1,500 stories the AP that want to report.

Flying Fid

I see your name is the same as a Nazi mass murderer, is that why you asked such an ignorant question? Look what the Czech resistance did to your namesake.

e.sillery

I agree. Join the military and go to war... that is absurd! I only joined to get the respect of others, the respect earned by those that faught and died for their country, and a free education. Not to get shot at. Who would imagine that being part of the military might include something dangerous?

Who do these idiots think go to war, the mailman, the banker, the accountants?

They are looking for a free ride and have not discovered that NOTHING in this life is free, not even freedom.

Irish skater

no offense but a lot of guys think that going in the army is going to just be like the videogames and movies they play and watch. Some teens do it to get away from abusive parents at home.but either way once they get into combat and seeing their buddies getting shot and blown up they realize that they might have made a big mistake. but this is what the government wants, for them the more people they drag into this the better. and thats why they came up with the movies and the videogames is to get people amped up about the army.

airmonkey1001

If the parents make their son join then whinge of course they are wrong. If Blair sticks troops into an American oil stealing war then he is wrong too, he has a duty to deploy the Armed Forces in a way that benefits the country and perhaps humanity not because he is on one big ego trip.

Think I'm talking nonsense? How sure are you?

I suppose war is a good way of getting rid of the violent, less intelligent element of society but is it nice?

they get shot at so that you can ask questions like this.....

kevin k

because it hurts........

charley h

mabe cos he wanna act all tough in front of girls n his parents then when he goes to war he relises what it really feels like when you know you r gonna die dats why theys cry when they go to army ma grandad was in w.w.2 and he survived cos he wasn't a whinge bag or a scaredy cat either plus he had no choice n he still alvie when i was a lil girl he also taught da soilders how to use weapons n all dat stuff but when some1 mucks around being all hard they then realise it not as good as they thought it was gonna be

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