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So we should force a quadriplegic to join the military? We should force a hemophiliac to crawl under barbed wire? A blind person should have to learn to shoot a

• dbcurtis 8y ago
  Only a fraction of military assignments are combat positions. I knew one Viet Nam vet that spent his entire tour in an air conditioned bunker in Saigon hanging tapes on the computer that printed payroll checks. Another, technically in a combat role, spent his tours in the radio room of navy destroyers banging out Morse code. The problems you list are mostly surmountable.
  • aiyodev 8y ago
    Someone who enters the military goes through military training. If we're just forcing people to work, it's not military service. It's slavery.