old men and war

there was a article on here earlier about why old men should be sent to war, i wanted to print it out but can't find it,..did it get removed

Drafting Guys over 60 - 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 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 s@x every 10 seconds.
Old guys only think about s@x 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 ####### 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 heck. 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 s-of-a-b....

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 push ups after completing basic training.

Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of energy, too. I've never
seen anyone outrun 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 p/oed off old f@rts
with attitudes and automatic weapons who know that their best years are
already behind them.

***How about recruiting Women over 50 ...with PMS !!! You think Men have
attitudes !!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhh my God!!!

If nothing else, put us on border patrol....we will have it secured the
first night!

Plus we know torture DOES work and that any man will do anything to get out of going shopping

Well our reaction time suc*s.

And they real reason I have heard is that you can't get an old guy to do some of the dumb things we have to ask the young guys to do.

Tell an 18 year old to run across the street, under fire, and throw a grenade through a window, and he'll let out a war whoop and charge across, dodging bullets the whole way.

Tell a 50 year old guy to do it and he'll look at the Sarge and say Bull Hockey !!!! What kinda idiot do you take me for?

Gene

I know You are RIGHT ,, Kinda Reminds Me of a Sargeant Major who did 2 stints in NAM ,, He reupped the 2nd time so he could take care Of His Men ,Well He Gave it his best , and survived,and most his guys came back too ,, I can Just hear him sayin Your words .....

I know You are RIGHT ,, Kinda Reminds Me of a Sargeant Major who did 2 stints in NAM ,, He reupped the 2nd time so he could take care Of His Men ,Well He Gave it his best , and survived,and most his guys came back too ,, I can Just hear him sayin Your words .....

You know I have to agree with you. I never really had a temper until I got over 50. Now, I sometimes have the desire to rip someone's face off and feed it to the crows.

thanks bill....i got a real hoot outta that

The only fallicy with Bill Mart's eloquent piece is that the military would have to eliminate the chicken***t for us old farts...I have a definite lack of tolerance for that, yet, I've ofter thought that's the fuel the military runs on!

right, old men and war... somehow i just cant see me at this age jumping out of a plane ,hiking 20 miles and fighting for 3 weeks. it seemed hard then,but now it would kill me.. lucas

With age often wisdom follows, especially when it hurts. What old guy is going to run across a street dodging bullets to throw a grenade in a window when he knows there are machines (grenade launchers) to do that job..safer.
Most the old guys know they are not indestructable so they are more apt to use their brains that their brawn. Granted fire fights happen but especially dealing with a fanatical terrorist the mind game must be played. Remember that those people were raised from childhood for 1 purpose. To kill you butt. So you have to be smarter and wiser and highly focused on the matter at hand. Old guys and gals are pretty damn good at that.
Good reading thanks!