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To: Thorin
The Scots-Irish have been the only group disproportionately represented in our military from the Revolution to the present day. Let's also not forget that most officers, from a second looey up to four star general, have come from the middle to upper classes.

The fat f-cks that I spoke of couldn't make it past an army physical.

94 posted on 03/07/2006 9:01:09 AM PST by Clemenza (President: North American Hobbit Hunters Society)
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To: Clemenza
The Scots-Irish have been the only group disproportionately represented in our military from the Revolution to the present day.

Appalachia.

Let's also not forget that most officers, from a second looey up to four star general, have come from the middle to upper classes.

Because to be an Officer you must have native intelligence and do really well on the intelligence tests they give, and while not all rich people are smart, more of them are.

101 posted on 03/07/2006 9:41:26 AM PST by Hermann the Cherusker
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