Msixty
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- May 24, 2005
I was recently asked by my folks why at 17 i am so determined to go to war. This came from me turning down a $20 an hour pipe welding assistant job because it would require me giving up any military future....
So, why would i turn down $20 an hour AND a future with my dad's oil company on north slope Alaska ($100,000 a year starting wages)?
Simple, i can't live with myself if i don't do something i know I'm good at to help others, corny i know, but i saw a video taped by a UAV of unarmed civilian truckers in Iraq being dragged from the cab and shot to death or lit on fire in the cab, the bodies were looted by civilians and kicked and hit with rocks.... And i can't not do something about that.
My mom told me i am a little **** to want to abandon the family for something like that, and a long "**** you bitch" conversation followed.....
So, for anyone who ever wondered why i or other people are willing to give up a fairly comfortable future for mud, dirt, cold, and most likely death, that's why, i cant live with knowing i made the decision to not help.
So, why would i turn down $20 an hour AND a future with my dad's oil company on north slope Alaska ($100,000 a year starting wages)?
Simple, i can't live with myself if i don't do something i know I'm good at to help others, corny i know, but i saw a video taped by a UAV of unarmed civilian truckers in Iraq being dragged from the cab and shot to death or lit on fire in the cab, the bodies were looted by civilians and kicked and hit with rocks.... And i can't not do something about that.
My mom told me i am a little **** to want to abandon the family for something like that, and a long "**** you bitch" conversation followed.....
So, for anyone who ever wondered why i or other people are willing to give up a fairly comfortable future for mud, dirt, cold, and most likely death, that's why, i cant live with knowing i made the decision to not help.