Rural soldiers=White Boys that join the infantry to fight.
Urban soldiers=Minority kids that join the military to get out of the inner city hell hole.
Also, how many inner city utes are eligible for service with criminal records?
Ok, this post is full of stereotypes that I don't even know if I should dignify this with a response, but alas I will
First, despite what a bunch of morons with their own various reasons would have you believe, the word "urban" is not synoynmous with "minorities".
Urban is simply a description given to a certain type of organization of society, namely that of the focus city of any given metropolitan area.
And for the belief that rural soldiers would always be European-American, to this I say
Macon County, AL approximately 24,000 residents. 85% black
Issaquena County, MS approximately 2,200. 62% black
And, if you want to really get rural
Kenedy County, TX, approximately 400 people, 79% hispanic.
I wonder what those 'inner city utes' who are in Iraq right now fighting would reply to your post. I also wonder if you would have the guts to go up to them and ask them if they were there trying to escape 'inner city life.'
Not only is your brush stroke too wide, your logic is also atrophied. And not only that, but you make it seem as if the 'white boys' are joining the military for patriotic reasons, while the 'black kids' are hiking a ride. I wonder how many of your 'white boys' joined the armed services due to college money, and how many 'inner city utes' joined the military due to it being the only option available.
I also wonder if you would be able to differentiate, were you to look at the spilt blood from brave soldiers downed in Iraq, which was from a 'white boy' (patriotic and all), and which was from a 'black kid' (escaping from the ghetto). After all you must have some methodology of differentiating between patriot's blood and ghetto-escapee blood, huh?