WHEY THEY FIGHT: US troop makeup

(No ethnic slurs are intended here, only phrases used by actual soldiers are revealed for the sake of honesty)

Most people can’t understand WHY U.S.soldiers would go to Iraq and risk their very lives or at very least their limbs or their sanity. Here is a rough breakdown which explains it all.

39% Go because they come from impoverished and undereducated backgrounds. They seek good pay, education and a possible pension (if they live that long!)

18% go because they come from fundamentalist Christian backgrounds and want to conduct a "holy war" against "camel jockeys", "ragheads" and "heathens" This group also fervently believes every word Bush says and thinks Saddam was totally responsible for 9/11.

12% are non U.S.citizens, who’ve been promised they will gain citizenship if and when they survive this particular Hell.

10% are ex felons, gang members, druggies and malcontents who just haven’t a clue what to do with their lives. Recruiters "slipped them in".

All the rest joined because of tradition (Semper Fi!), patriotism, and Republican Party affiliation...but only IF they don’t hail from some of the rich families.

With a military like this is it any wonder we can’t make any real progress?

No matter; the Pentagon continues their very necessary and unavoidable propaganda which states that our military is the finest, best trained in the world.

I think that the Ghurkas held that title the last time I looked.