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Originally posted by sweetie adpi
There's a reason the Army and Navy are case studies in advertising and marketing classes these days, so really, whose fault is it if some eighteen year old kid that doesn't have that background is "deluded" or doesn't know what they are getting into? They certainly aren't showing glossy pictures of what's really going on in the nitty gritty business of the military at the recruitment center...
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Wow. It's views like this that have really set us back as a culture. If it's not these *adults'* fault, who is it? The media? Their parents? Oh, I get it, they are victims of society.
It's B.S. that people do not want to take responsibility for their own actions and decisions these days. It's even worse when people back them up and make excuses for them. Military forces throughout history have advertised themselves being the glorious thing to do for Kind and Country -- these campaigns have worked well. Why should we change what has worked to recruit young men into the military for thousands of years? Nothing has really changed about military service. Typically, the job of a soldier is to kill or be killed. I don't see how that's complicated, and I don't really feel sorry for these guys when they complain that they just "didn't know". Too bad, so sad.
These kids just need to take responsibility for their decisions and back them up with action. I guess a concept like honor is a little outmoded for some, isn't it?