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Originally Posted by SaintessHeart
Regarding the troops in Afghanistan, it is actually a good thing that they are there, it gives the terrorists a larger front to fight against and derails their attention from the developing world without having to fear for religious terrorism. As far as I know, almost all the military operators in Afghanistan are volunteers, Marines are one time, Special Forces (including UKSAS, JTF2, etc) are two time, and Rangers are three. After US is financially and militarily exhausted, it is up to China (and the rest of the world) to clean up the last bit of mess there.
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Yes and No, the army itself is volunteer but there is also something call a stop-gap measure in place where people whose enlistment period is up can't resign form the army.
So it is both a volunteer army and not so volunteer as well.
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Originally Posted by MrTerrorist
The 'youngest headmaster in the world'
Now this a great story. The kid only 16 but is teaching 800 students at his school despite the lack of necessary funding or materials needed and he does it all for free.
This story makes me happy knowing there still good people despite how harsh our world is.
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gee won't this guy make a wonderful winner of the Noble Peace prize. Oh wait it is the thought not what you actually accomplish that counts with the norwegian politician.