smooth

I don't know, as my wife said while reading over my shoulder, "it's pretty cut and dry, you guys need a new representative because it's only making you look bad."

but of course, the irony that my too-high expectations of the readership of this forum to pick up on is that the OP is chastising someone for a verbal slip when he can't take the time to make sure his own communication is accurate.

in short, vote for thread closure.
this whole thing reads like a bunch of schoolchildren sticking their tongues out at one another, over what? over someones comment that if you don't stay in school you'll have limited options, including going to war. perhaps drafted.

every sentient being that I know of is aware that our past wars' fighters are culled from the ranks of people with limited opportunity.

the logic escapes people like you, squirt, who knows why, but it does. people with limited opportunities choose to go to war more than people with other choices in life. how that reflects on the intelligence of people in the military is beyond my comprehension.

education!=intelligence
both stupid and intelligent people join the military.
both smart and unintelligent people attend school.

unintelligent people can't seem to disentangle how all of this might be the case and their opinions seem to pervade this thread, unfortunately.

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