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Originally Posted by Tokolosh

Last week a dutch tv channel showed a documentary about recruitment of american troops in the US.
I wasn't surprised to hear that if you join, you'll probably land up in Iraq, straight after basic training. Obvious.
They also went on to say that every soldier recieves a minimum sum of at least $38.000 when they finish their service.

The thing that bothers me, is that officers get sent out to find future recruits at schools in poor rural areas of the US.
Many of the young men they find in those parts, don't have much of a future when they leave school.
Unemployment is high, so a lot of them will automatically choose a career in the marines.

What most of these students don't know, is that when they come back, they're basically forgotten by the army.
Left out in the gutter, so to speak. A large percentage land up spending the 38 grand they made on booze,
gambling or psychiatric help because of war traumas.
Suicide is high amongst ex-combatants.

I know that America aren't the only ones that use this method in so-called "times of war".

that happens where i live. it's tragic.