LewRockwell.com Blog: Re: The Conscripts in USG's "Volunteer" Army

However, most of these guys join up for one simple reason: they are looking for the ultimate handout from Big Daddy Sam. The are looking for that automatic job, all the freebies, the benefits, the housing and education subsidies, and worse, there are the long-timers that bite the bullet for 20 years and float throught their automatic promotions and cushy desk jobs, and then retire young to a big, fat, government pension for the rest of their days. It's real tough to have any empathy for these folks. They speculate, and when war is on, they tend to lose.

Statements like that are one of the reasons I am calling myself a "Republican" more and more often and not a "libertarian Republican." Question for Ms. De Coster: Do you have a factual basis for this statement? Some research or at least personal experience to back you up? Or is this just your feeling? Go see this post for more info. By the way, the contract I signed when I enlisted in the Navy in 1990 stated that it could be extended if the government deemed it necessary.