[ansel12]

The new right wing, anti military where it counts, getting their sons to serve.

No wonder we have so few veterans among conservative leaders, an awful lot of conservatives are just what the left says they are, they want to pass the buck from themselves and their own sons to anyone else, including the women that are already required to make up the shortfall of males.

[streetpreacher]

including the women that are already required to make up the shortfall of males.

Women are not "required" to join anymore than men are. Women join, for the most part, because they get all of the perks of military service with very little of the sacrifice. It's also a great place to whore around. Or they're lesbians.

[fr_freak]

No wonder we have so few veterans among conservative leaders, an awful lot of conservatives are just what the left says they are, they want to pass the buck from themselves and their own sons to anyone else, including the women that are already required to make up the shortfall of males.

We have so few veterans among "conservative" leaders because we have so few conservatives among "conservative" leaders. That is a huge part of the reason that the GOP is under such attack from the right as we speak. If more high-profile Republicans were veterans, we would probably be a lot better off (McCain proves that it isn't an absolute rule).

However, the time to serve your country in the military is when your country is best served by the military. Right now, I think the military will be used merely as a political tool by Obama. He doesn't give one bit of a damn if every soldier we have is slaughtered in Afghanistan or anywhere else. He probably hates them along with the rest of real America. How, in good conscience, could I, you, or anyone else, tell some young man to enlist under those conditions? Hell, we may need those same young men to stay here and help with the revolution soon - they'll get their best chance to serve their country fighting at home. At best, if Obama gets only one term, a young man need only put off his service by 3 years (or, he could just go ROTC now and graduate in 4). If Obama gets a second term, well then, either the revolution will be on its way, or the US won't be worth defending anyway.

Jumping around and screaming about how the boys must join up NOW or else they'll never do it is asinine, especially with questionable people in complete power as they are now. A guy can sign the papers as easily when he's 22 as when he's 18.

[SmokingJoe]

“The new right wing, anti military where it counts, getting their sons to serve.”

Oh lay off the melodramatic crap. And stop parroting Daily Kos talking points that have no basis in fact.

“No wonder we have so few veterans among conservative leaders,”

Now why don't you show me any believable figures from any reputable polling organization to support that ridiculous claim?
There are by far more conservatives amongst the military than liberals. Every single election cycle produces more votes for Republicans from the military than for Democrats. Conservatives serve their country more than liberals ever will. Algore epent half his time trying to NOT get the military votes counted in Florida because he was losing amongst the military.

” an awful lot of conservatives are just what the left says they are, they want to pass the buck from themselves and their own sons to anyone else, including the women that are already required to make up the shortfall of males.”

Total Bullsh**.
You better get off whatever you been smoking dude.