John Kerry showing how liberals "Support the Troops"

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So in escence you are retracting your ill informed statement of;

Sort of. The first post was off it's intended message. Though I was essentially trying to say the same thing in both posts. That being that armies target fresh-faced kids who've just hopped out of school, seeing the army as their best bet for stability. Often because they haven't got the grades they might have hoped for. That isn't to say a majority, or even a significant minority of soldiers fit that bill. It's just the people that armies aim to bring in, because they're an easier group to bag.

I didn't do particularly well in school, and I've considered joining the army on a number of occasions, as have many of my friends in a similar situation. Unlike a fair few of them I just can't pluck up the balls to go through with it. I agree that I should have picked my words better. Sorry for upsetting you, as I so clearly have. You can put your handbag down now. At no point do I claim that my "ill informed" opinion is gospel.

Your statement here indicates you realize that your statement is nothing other then a cheap shot at something you have never bothered to become informed of.

Silly, true, and needlessly hostile. So I've never joined the US Army, and thereby haven't got any real insight into it's internal workings? Sue me. Doesn't stop me from agreeing with a statement that may or may not be true.