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Iraq - Quit or Stay?
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13/03/2006 06:45:52
 
 
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10/03/2006 16:47:49
Metin Emre
Ozcom Bilgisayar Ltd.
Istanbul, Turkey
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Politics
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>>I had some acquaintances when I was in the military, who fought side by side with Turkish soldiers in Korea. The Turks had two classes of soldier – volunteer and drafted. They were paid differently. Volunteer soldiers were treated harshly.

This is intriguing. Why were volunteers discriminated against? A volunteer army has proved repatedly to be better than a consripted army. What incentive is this to volunteer? If you wait to be drafted you're treated better. It makes no sense!

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>>A volunteer in the Turkish army at this time did not make enough money to buy a pack of cigarettes. Sergeants would beat them for any reason. Again, drafted men were not treated in this manner. Have things changed with the Turkish army. If so, how?
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>Formerly volunteer soldiers were treated so harshly. Now only treated harshly...
>They can buy cigarettes now. Which case is better?.. Cigarettes kill... :)

Again, WHY would anyone volunteer!!??????
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
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