[ETS/PARC List] A Thought for the day

[Jefflih at aol.com]

Drafting Guys over 60 ----
----this  is so funny & obviously written by a former soldier---- 
New Direction  for any war:  Send service Vets over 60! 
I am over 60 and the Armed  Forces thinks I'm too old to track down 
terrorists. You can't be older than 42  to join the military. They've got the whole 
thing ass-backwards.  Instead  of sending 18-year olds off to fight, they ought 
to take us old guys.  You  shouldn't be able to join a military unit until 
you're at least 35.
For  starters:
Researchers say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10  seconds.  Old guys 
only think about sex a couple of times a day, leaving us  more than 28,000 
additional seconds per day to concentrate on the  enemy.
Young guys haven't lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky  soldier is a 
dangerous soldier. "My back hurts!  I can't sleep, I'm tired  and hungry" We 
are impatient and maybe letting us kill some asshole that  desperately 
deserves it will make us feel better and shut us up for a  while.
An 18-year-old doesn't even like to get up before 10 a.m. Old guys  always 
get up early to pee so what the hell.  Besides, like I said, "I'm  tired and 
can't sleep and since I'm already up, I may as well be up killing some  fanatical 
son-of-a-bitch.
If captured we couldn't spill the beans because  we'd forget where we put 
them.  In fact, name, rank, and serial number  would be a real brainteaser.
Boot camp would be easier for old guys.   We're used to getting screamed and 
yelled at and we're used to soft food.   We've also developed an appreciation 
for guns. We've been using them for years  as an excuse to get out of the 
house, away from the screaming and  yelling.
They could lighten up on the obstacle course however.  I've  been in combat 
and didn't see a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the  side, nor did 
I ever do any pushups after completing basic training.   
Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of energy, too. I've never  
seen anyone out run a bullet.
An 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of  him. He's still learning to 
shave, to start up a conversation with a pretty  girl.  He still hasn't figured 
out that a baseball cap has a brim to shade  his eyes, not the back of his head. 
These are all great reasons to keep our  kids at home to learn a little more 
about life before sending them off into  harm's way.
Let us old guys track down those dirty rotten coward terrorists.  The last 
thing an enemy would want to see is a couple of million pissed off old  farts 
with attitudes and automatic weapons who know that their best years are  already 
behind them.
If nothing else, put us on border patrol....we will have  it secured the 
first night!  
Share this with your senior friends.   It's purposely in big type so they can 
read it.  




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