Well, they are in the Army. When they receive an order, they have to obey it.
Hence the problem of trying to have 'a life' with spouse and children, and have a military career. Hard to have a whole lot of sympathy, when everyone knew Big Green is the top priority.
I’m clearly NOT claiming we’re not throwing our money away - just wondering if anyone actually believes the idiotic gaslighting claims by the agency managing these Barbary tributes.
Because that is what this is - tribute paid for ‘good behavior’.
Indeed - walking is WAY underrated, and for someone such as the general reaching the “I’m too old for this sh*t”/crunchy knee age, likely a far better alternative.
But it really damages the ego, and takes more time than busy starman would want to expend on it.
The great majority of the US population (the productive ones at least) are already enslaved in fee simple land ‘ownership’, wage and mortgage based bondage. We’re far more tractable in our current state than any expensive ‘camps’, since we’re paying for ourselves.
Now those who resist being productive, such as all the homeless and other free-loaders of the system — they will (eventually) be looking down the barrels of this particular horror.
These peculiar flavored posts tend to localize the lunatics - by seeing the topics/posters, one can easily avoid looking at the sh*tshow directly, and move along the higher road.
Freedom isn’t free, and risking observation of louts is one of the costs.