Apparently American soldiers are told to never drink with British soldiers, because they will lose...

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Originally posted by Trance Nutter after this reply I'm gonna suggest that the original question was deliberately asked for so you could make this response wasn't it? You knew you would get the answer you wanted to allow you to say this

No. After reading that article I was feeling pretty emotionally charged, and out of anger expressed it via that post.

I don't specifically like the American gov't and the way it operates from what I know and understand, but I already stated that I don't know everything about it, and do not know how a lot of it works. Therefore I cannot really make much of an intelligible dissertation on whether the whole gov't is corrupt.

Which is why I asked, TYVM.

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Originally posted by Zewad and on this one... i didnt see what you are talking about, but dont you think that there is also more to it after this picture and article about this Soldier instead of just a medal and then he goes home forever on his own??? you get medals for being injured by enemy combatants... you can be sitting on the crapper and a mortar hit near you and a piece of shrapnel nick your toe and you'll get a medal....

it's very nice to get medals, and i understand you guys there in the army value it a lot.. but personally getting medals wouldn't make any difference to me.. if it's a very minor injury it wouldn't add anything to my life, if it's a very serious injury getting a medal wouldn't help anything.

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Originally posted by noikeee it's very nice to get medals, and i understand you guys there in the army value it a lot.. but personally getting medals wouldn't make any difference to me.. if it's a very minor injury it wouldn't add anything to my life, if it's a very serious injury getting a medal wouldn't help anything.

the medals do absolutly nothing towards anything as far as promotions or job preference, but if you are merited it why not wear it?

it might bring some respect to somebody who doesnt know you and see's your accomplishments on your uniform... it gives a good first impression... IMO

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The US Federal Government has a department specifically for Veterans Affairs. Veterans are eligible for medical care at hospitals specifically run by the VA and it's subsidized, but I don't know how much they pay or if they pay at all.

However, that department, despite what the Bush administration trumpets about how well it cares for its soldiers, is heavily stressed because of budget cuts. Don't jump to conclusions that Americans weren't outraged about the Walter Reed scandal, because it was actually a very, very major news story in America. And to be fair, the only reason major public attention was drawn to how poorly run the facility was was because the Washington Post investigated rumors about it. It's a double-edged sword.

But it's not the only problem. Recently, a soldier from my state came back from Iraq and tried to get into a Veterans hospital and was put on a waiting list and subsequently turned away. He hung himself a few days later. There are a lot of problems veterans face but for a wide variety of reasons. The VA is simultaneously poorly run and underfunded, but that is less the fault of the US military itself as it is a civilian government that doesn't realize the vulnerability of people who serve in the wars.

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Originally posted by Perfect_Cheezit The US Federal Government has a department specifically for Veterans Affairs. Veterans are eligible for medical care at hospitals specifically run by the VA and it's subsidized, but I don't know how much they pay or if they pay at all. However, that department, despite what the Bush administration trumpets about how well it cares for its soldiers, is heavily stressed because of budget cuts. Don't jump to conclusions that Americans weren't outraged about the Walter Reed scandal, because it was actually a very, very major news story in America. And to be fair, the only reason major public attention was drawn to how poorly run the facility was was because the Washington Post investigated rumors about it. It's a double-edged sword. But it's not the only problem. Recently, a soldier from my state came back from Iraq and tried to get into a Veterans hospital and was put on a waiting list and subsequently turned away. He hung himself a few days later. There are a lot of problems veterans face but for a wide variety of reasons. The VA is simultaneously poorly run and underfunded, but that is less the fault of the US military itself as it is a civilian government that doesn't realize the vulnerability of people who serve in the wars.

dear Perfect_Cheezit,

a thoughtful answer to a impulsive question is wasted effort.

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Originally posted by Theresa on whether the whole gov't is corrupt.

thats rediculous. you can never have an ENTIRE government system be corrupt....that's saying that everyone from the president all the way down to your city Mayor is all part of one large elaborate scheme.

and as much as everyone hates America (which is getting old, really), and how ever much loose change bullshit you read about on the internet, there's bound to be at least 1 person in the howevere many thounsands of people who are part of the governmental system that isn't "corrupt".

http://www1.va.gov/homeless/page.cfm?pg=1

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Originally posted by Masonious you win again dude - and nice move shoving the whole i figured out how to order pizza thing in my face. i tried that 4 and a half months ago and woke up with a Taiwanese transvestite but to Ygrene it's just, "anoother day in the life, noooo biggieee".

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Originally posted by Boomer187 CARTER WAS ONE OF THE WORST PRESIDENTS IN US HISTORY!!!!

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