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[–]WaltzRoommate 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Nobody who does has spent much time with them.

They want to be there. The benefits are great, their job is relatively prestigious, and while it's hard to estimate the actual dollar value of everything their paid it's probably something like 40k which is pretty good for an 18 year old. Not a whole lot of people get purple hearts and if you ask them, they tend to be happy that they enlisted.

The people getting screwed are taxpayers, not soldiers. And sure, poor people fight in rich people wars yadayadayada, but they're well compensated and happy with the arrangement.

[–]casparvoneverecBig tiddy respecter 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There's also the fact that in modern war, casualties are very low, especially for a super power with air supremacy