Just as an addition to what dekeguy posted. Unless i am mistaken, if you enlist in the Army you are allowed to choose your own MOS or branch of service. This means that yes, if you join for college money and have no desire to die for this country, then you can choose a combat service support branch, such as Ajuditant(can't spell) General, or Medical Service Coprs or other branches that do not put you directly in harm's way. I am in no way belittling the jobs of those branches, i'm the son of two MSC officers and was headed that way myself until my plans were derailed.

The North Korea argument is a Red Herring. First of all, one of the countries that has the most to fear from N. Korea's weaponry is China. I believe if Kim Jong Il(or whatever his name is) starts murdering, gassing, and torturing his own people(like Saddam) and it gets to a point of real threat, the Chinese will be more than ready to step in and stop him.

Secondly, if Bush had bypassed Iraq and instead set his sights on Korea, the anti-war rhetoric would be parallel statements with N. Korea substituted for Iraq and vice versa.

The saudi people may harbor anti-American beliefs but at the end of the day, their ruling party knows what's best for them. They are our allies and don't sponsor the killing of innocent Americans. The argument about the 9/11 hijackers being from SA and therefore we should "take care of" SA is about as relevant as the argument that we should wage war on upstate New Yorkers after what Timothy McVeigh did in Oklahoma City. (OKC bombing)

Lastly, the "we've got problems here" issue is also invalid. As much as Americans don't like it, i believe the fact that we are the last superpower obligates us to not play the role of global policemen per se, but at least the role of global watchdog. Things left to the UN to work out end up with thousands of innocents dying.(see Rwanda) Yes, innocents may be killed in Iraq, but if they are, it is MORE Saddam's doing than ours. It will be due to his practice of using them as human shields and not to the overzealousness of our troops or grave errors.

To our soliders and our president:

Gig 'em. I'm behind y'all. Come back safe and soon.

Kitso
KS 361 times i look forward to the liberation of Iraq when the truth about the Hussein regime is revealed and a bunch of anti-war protestors have to eat crow.