Our system doesn't allow for suited just cannon fodder. Anyone can be made to fit the mold. But in truth they are not suitable. To find your answer re-read Heinlein and Starship Troopers skip the POS movies. Volunteer only for government service. May apply for any position. Will be assigned where needed according to skills or ability to become skilled. Once sworn in they are sent home for a week. If they don't come back they don't come back. No more chances. Hence to training .....round holes for round pegs as much as possible. What job limits? None. May not have what it takes to make a military assignment there are lots of other needs as Khalling pointed out.Serve a set hitch of three to four years then get the rewards. The right to vote for one. Those that wish to may opt for career status in both civilian and military type assignments. In the militry everone is a combat soldier first and some other skill - If accepted...higher pay and retirement that is actually paid etc. Next no one can go to Officer Candidate School who has not made at least Corporal preferably Sergeant in the officer, non-commissioned corp and has not served a tour in combat areas or as near as possible. Those who serve complete hitches of 6-8 years can opt for reserves or stay in to retirement. Needs of the service come first. IF they survive they get two extra benefits. First choice on civilian government jobs. Second the right to hold public office. They have proved their value to and willingness to defend society. What of those who don't volunteer. Nothing except can't vote and no government jobs. They go on with life get educated etc. etc. That's the essence of Heinlein's program. I don't agree with all of it but with most of it. Something as important as the ability to wage war should no be left to the uninitiated. LBJ a good example. He did wear Lieutenant Colonel's uniforms and did go to Hawaii - as a Congressional - and did get a medal or two. Then slaughtered 60,000 of us for nothing. I recommend the whole book. Written on three levels. And not a secular progressive in sight. But to revert back to the statement of Khalling yes it's important and yes there is a way to do exaclty that. IF you, me or us are in charge. and in control. If not it's baby factory and cannon fodder time.

The cite I gave was strictly Muslim in source. Quite blunt. I doubt they need another Westerner to correct thier misinterpretation.

True my father and five brothers were six of them. Different times but two points stick out.
Not everyone volunteered. Roosevelt suspended all civil rights such as they were in those days.
He was a good wartime leader but he set the tone and the stage that it is all right to suspend morals, values, and standards including those suposedly set in stone in the constitution for the exigencies of the moment. That now means we give up our rights and replace them with TSA and a protective echelon only means the terrorists foreign and domestic won the battle and the war.

That's your key points 9/11 was fourteen years ago. The war was declared won. Why are 320 million citizens still serving a sentence without benefit of trial, jury or legal assistance fourteen years later?

Back to WWII there were so many volunteers they used the draft system to process them into the military. I would guess the answer is yes there were enough but their status changed using that system instead of listing them as Regulars.

It's a shame that war is still in progress and the fight against fascism continues.

Actually the Koran specifically forbids suicide
In depth discussion article
http://www.aljazeerah.info/Islam/Isla...

Forbidden is suicide by the individual or causing death of innocent people by their actions.

The references are many and all agree.

Those who commit suicide are barred from Paradise. Martyrdom is something else and I could find nothing that allowed suicide to be termed martyrdom. Especially where innocents were involved and that is not restricted to innocent muslims.

Blog first. Knowing nod accepted you had me by one year. your take on paperorplastichanksforservinghaveaniceday is very similar except I'm prone to answer. "I never serve the country not once in 24 years. My oath was to the Constitution. So while I accept your intent - it isn't true." I learned that from a guy who did lose his life. I just wish the citizens hadn't sold us and our country out while our backs were turned fighting their wars.

Good luck I'll be following the blog. Nice to hear some honesty besides my own.

Is that why we were there? I remember with Kosovo it started with support what he prez tells you to do and finally finished with anti-genocide but not too much of that was unearthed...although that party backed off on it where Iraq was concerned I guess it 's ok for a government to slaughter it's own people if they are the Demos Ragheads but not if they are the Dumbos ragheads.