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Darakna:
Either way could be a potential deployment to Syria maybe.... One of my seccos is a lil too excited for that potential!
Anyone in the military who is "excited" at the prospect of entering a conflict and "getting to kill people" should be barred from service.
Now, if they are "excited" because they believe we are overdue in protecting innocent people from harm, I might disagree with them but wouldn't disqualify them from service.
One of my main biases against people in the military is based on the few I have met who actually enjoyed killing people and went into the military so they could have the opportunity to do it legally.
I met one such sicko in the Marines who was particularly enamored with the Vietnam stories of making necklaces from the ears of his victims. He thought that would be awesome and couldn't wait to be deployed. I keep hoping our psych exams screen these people out now... but then we end up with the random village massacre in Afghanistan, so who knows.