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2002-11-22 International

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-11-22 01:06 pm|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Give them good pay and living conditions, elimate the brutal hazing, some good modern training and they'll be fine. Draft everyone, but give them a choice of which area they can serve in. Evaluate them during their tour and find the good troops, talk those guys into going career. It works.

Posted by Steve 2002-11-22 13:20:29|| 2002-11-22 13:20:29|| Front Page Top

#2 No choices. Volunteer or take exam; exam dictates where best state could use individual.

Posted by Anonymous 2002-11-22 13:43:15|| 2002-11-22 13:43:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Just ask the Germans how good the Russians can be. Imagine top-quality volunteer troops led by professional officers with no political commissars sticking their noses into operational matters. In WWII the Soviets had to overcome the loss of much of their officer corps, a result of Stalin's 1930s military purges, an ill-trained peasant army and the commissars -- and they still handed the Germans their hats. It took them two years to sort out all the problems, but there they were in April 1945 razing Berlin. I hope they do get their shit together because they will be formidable allies if they do.

Posted by Larry 2002-11-22 14:10:08|| 2002-11-22 14:10:08|| Front Page Top

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