Real Military People (not the Fake Armchair Warriors Posting in This Section)?

My uncle did and actually met the man. He was impressed with him. My uncle was the only member of my family to ever fight in a famous battle that I know of unless you count Sam Houston and he was only related by marriage. Uncle "Bud" fought in the Battle of The Bulge. My father was under MacArthur in the Pacific. I am not a true military man and I probably should not have answered this but from everything my uncle has told me and everything I have read in high school and college history I would have been proud to serve under him. My second favorite general behind Robert E Lee strategy wise

1. If Pres Bush reinstituted the draft what excuses would the armchair warriors have to ignore it?

It would not count what excuses have been made, that they had be compelled by potential of regulation into provider. that ought to be the actual attempt. in the event that they help Bush and the neo-con purpose plenty, how would they rally around the draft? i think of that they had wholeheartedly help it. The rhetoric would be approximately protecting u . s . , our liberty, our freedom, our democracy, and so on. they are too blind to make certain how there incredibly is not any such danger to our way of life. it might provide them a potential to truly suppress liberals. (we will instruct them what actual conflict is like. we will instruct them a thank you to be actual adult males.) nonetheless, the Coulter-OReilly-Limbaugh echo chamber would ramp up the conflict rhetoric, and demand anti-conflict protestors be imprisoned and tried as terrorists, traitors, and so on. i would not be stunned to make certain such law exceeded. i would not be so valuable approximately '09. i would think of conflict with Iran would happen in '07. that is not an election twelve months. If the GOP keeps administration of the domicile and Senate, the U. S. is unquestionably carried out as a democracy. Bush sees the conflict on terrorism as his legacy, and that i would not positioned it previous him to push for conflict with Iran or Syria. From that element, that is purely a count of time whilst everlasting conflict is the order of the day. everlasting conflict keeps the individuals in line, controlled, and afraid. as long as we are afraid, we are able to be controlled. we will see. i in my view worry for the greater youthful women folk and adult males individuals who are of draft age, and for destiny generations who will combat in a in no way ending conflict, without purpose, cautioned on by potential of empty rhetoric and irrational fears. If the Dems do not take lower back the domicile and senate in November, i am much greater afraid for u.s.. i in my view will ask your self how human beings threw elementary experience out the window and fully caved to worry. we've a call. we are able to be courageous and face adversity at the same time, or we are able to cower on my own as cowards, then be divided and conquered by potential of authoritarian pastimes in Washington. get entangled, get lively, get recommended

2. Origin of "Armchair X

The oldest of these expressions seems to be arm-chair traveller in 1809, at least according to OED. OED also provides a good definition for the expression that explains why "armchair" is significant:Based or taking place in the home as opposed to the world or environment outside; amateur, non-professional; (hence) lacking or not involving practical or direct experience of a particular subject or activity. Also: comfortable, gentle, easy

3. For a soldier to become promoted to general, is actual combat experience required where an enemy combatant is killed person-to-person? Have there been any "armchair" generals without any field combat experience?

No. Killing people is neither required nor particularly relevant to a general's career progression. Killing people in person is even less so. Officers advance by completing the missions they are given. Killing people is not an objective in and of itself, except in rare (and horrific) cases like the Einsatzgruppen of Nazi Germany.Also, military officers generally specialize in particular jobs. Leading infantry in front-line combat is just one of those. Command positions in operational (combat) units do generally confer an advantage in advancing to the top ranks. However, there are general officers who advanced through other specialties: logistics, intelligence, research and development, medicine, communications, engineering, and so on. I do not think "armchair general" is the right description though, since officers in any track could (and some routinely would) deploy to combat theaters and may end up in combat. It's just that their job in a combat zone will be something other than most people's image of an officer ordering attack or retreat. There is a long tradition of keeping official counts of "kills" for fighter pilots (though these represent aircraft destroyed, irrespective of whether the pilots or crew survive). As far as I know, kill counts for soldiers or other military members exist in video games, not in military personnel files. For a soldier to become promoted to general, is actual combat experience required where an enemy combatant is killed person-to-person? Have there been any "armchair" generals without any field combat experience?For a soldier to become promoted to general, is actual combat experience required where an enemy combatant is killed person-to-person?