Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: rcaetano7@yahoo.com (Rafael Caetano) Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Gentlemen, I may have found the most ironic story yet Date: 8 Nov 2003 09:14:24 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 25 Message-ID: <94a6da7.0311080914.57b5deb5@posting.google.com> References: <3FA90F23.B91DB20B@yahoo.co.jp> <289iqvca289gh2vdh9he1ac0qrs43mfvhf@4ax.com> <1cbqb.1080$S06.30068@news.uswest.net> <3FA9512F.FFFC266E@yahoo.co.jp> <7ucqb.1091$S06.36232@news.uswest.net> <3FA95A1D.C63B841F@yahoo.co.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: 131.206.20.25 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1068311665 25711 127.0.0.1 (8 Nov 2003 17:14:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 17:14:25 +0000 (UTC) Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:7461 Eric Takabayashi > No, and they don't keep that in mind. Even Japanese police > do not necessarily have a large risk factor. JSDF personnel > even less. So now, another generation of Americans is > learning the hard way that joining the military is not > simply a way to pay for school, gain a skill, travel, or > earn money, and among themselves, anyway, many probably > regret being there now or joining up, particularly the > reservists who've had to leave regular jobs as well as > their loved ones for an untold duration. And as last time > in the Gulf, I feel sorry for such people. Really? Why do you feel sorry? But I didn't know reservists were called. Is it that the US Army doesn't have enough active soldiers? > Officers again insist that recruits know the risks upon > enlisting. I doubt they realized it would occur so soon > or frequently. You mean, guys enter the US Army as soldiers and don't expect to go to the front?! Weird. Rafael Caetano