OT: Military Opinion Question for Butch

[Guest guest]

Morning Colonel Sir~

 

Ok I will try to behave, I do have a question for you.

 

You can be sure I do have an opinion on this one.

 

There is a great deal of discussion about using military to

secure our borders. If this has been discussed previously

just point me to the achieves and I will not bore other folks.

 

Just one other quick note, last week an anti-war rally was

held on library mall at UW in Madison. Many of you that

are 50+ may remember the film footage shot at a similar

event here during the 60's. There were also a number of

buildings bombed here during that time by protesters.

(Dow was sponsoring a lot of research, and hiring

a lot of engineers from here at the time.)

Butch would be far more able to explain Agent Orange

and other chemical research that was being done at that time.

 

This anti-war rally was attended by less than 50 people.

Our full time student enrollment is 40,000+

This rally was advertised for 2 weeks.

 

When I spoke with some of the students this past week

posing questions like:

 

Should we have military on our borders?

 

Under what circumstances would you be in support

of us going to war?

 

Would you be willing to put your education on hold

to serve in the military?

 

Do you know where the recruiting offices for the Army,

Air Force, Marines, and Navy are located in this city?

 

My " poll " doc would says was not scientific enough to qualify

as usable statistic material but the answers amazed me.

 

Ok as usual I got long winded, sorry.

 

My nephew the Captain is now married to my new niece also

an Army Captain, they are currently stationed 7 miles from the

North Korea border.

 

And yes Butch, this old Carmelite Nun from a previous life lights candles

for all of

them. ;-)