Say what???

But my guess is that more than half of them had no idea what they were getting into. Naive, yes. But lots of them enlist for college funds, to travel, or because they don't have a clue what else to do with their lives and some recruiter pressured them into it.

I have to admit, I'm surprised that you said this, Behethland. I can't believe anyone would say something like that about our brave men & women out in the battlefield. Steve served in the US Navy; was he naive for joining??? My dad is an US Army veteran; was he naive for going??? I know people who served in every war since WWII; were they naive for going??? By saying what you said, you just insulted their intelligence. Just my opinion...