I'm over 65 and the Armed Forces say i'm too old to track down terrorists. (you can't to be older than 35 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 until you're at least 35.
Researchers say 18 year olds think about sex every 10 seconds.
Old guys only think about sex a couple 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. If we can't kill the enemy we'll complain them into submission. "My back hurts! I'm hungry! Where's the remote?"
An 18 year old hasn't had a legal beer yet and you shouldn't go to war untilyou're at least old enough to drink. The average old guy, on the other hand, has consumed 126,000 gallons of beer, and a jaunt through the desert heat with a beer and an M-60 would do wonders for the old beer belly. (note there are 24 hours in a day and 24 bottles on a case...another convenoient way to measure time!).
An 18-year-old dosen't like to get up before 10am. Old guys always get up early to peeIf 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 brainteaserBoot camp would be easier for old guys. We're used to getting screamed and yelled at and we like soft food. We've also developed an appreciation for guns. We like them almost better than napsThey 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. I can hear the Drill Sgt. now, "Get down and give me...er...one.Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of energy. I've never seen anyone outrun a bulletAn 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. He's still learning to shave, to carry on a conversation, and to wear pants without the top of his butt crack showing and his shorts sticking out. He hasn't figured out that a pierced tongue catches food particles, and that a 400-watt speaker in the back seat of a Honda can rupture an eardrum, and that a baseball cap has a brim to shade the eyes, not the back of his headThese are all great reasons to keep our kids at home to learn a little more about life before sending them off into harms wayLet us old guys track down those dirty rotten cowards who attacked us on September 11. The last thing an enemy would want to see right now is a couple of million old farts with attitudes.
MadMav U.S.Army (Ranger) Retired
Lets draft men over 65
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