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Originally Posted by Matt 26z
What sacrifice would that be? Only like 0.00001% of the military enlisted for patriotic reasons.
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Utterly ridiculous post.
WWII vets (of which there are still many living) -- Patriotic enlisting nearly: near 100%
Plenty joined during Korean, Vietnam, Gulf 1, Kosovo, and Gulf 2 for patriotic reasons. Plenty.
Granted whenever there's been a draft the non-patriotism % rises some, but not as much as you might think. And during peacetime a lot of enlistees include an educational/job-training aspect to their reasoning, but that doesn't preclude them also having patriotic notions, which if you'd bother to ask them you would soon know.
My dad is a WWII vet. So are/were many of my uncles. My grandfather was a WWI vet, got 5 chunks of shrapnel in his chest at Vimy Ridge. I can say with utter certainty that patriotism was the PARAMOUNT reason all of them gave for joining.
Damn right vets, all vets, deserve a thank you, and more.