Great post Bionic.

I have to say... the morning I watched the world trade centers get attacked I wanted to join the forces and get revenge. Had I done so, I would have trusted the government to send me to the right place! On F911 you see interviews with soldiers who didn't believe what they were doing was right and were starting to see they were not there for the reasons they were told.

I regret the loss of life in any conflict and, unfortunately, younger people are easier to control, have more incentive to join, in better shape, and will live to fight longer in the forces then someone who is older.

Thank God our technology has decreased the loss of U.S. life in warfare. I long for the day a troop of robots is sent to do our bidding instead of our children.