Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo

But you also expect to go to war for something. You don't expect to be sent into war to fight for Haliburton and the oil companies. I have a lot of friends who were in the reserves to earn money for college. They knew there was a possibility for war when signing up, but they hoped it would be for a different cause. It's a tough situation and although you are signing up for your country, you don't expect that it is to help Cheney's friends stock go up.