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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Good question. I understand why we used to send young men to fight wars - they are the strongest, and fighting was all about strength. Nowadays though there are many other options. [b]I know many people in their late 70s who would be very good for driving tanks[/b], manning trenches etc. Perhaps it is time that we as a nation rethink our cannon fodder. [/quote]

I don't know many 70 yos who can drive a Chevy very well, never mind a main battle tank.  Our armed forces would either go too fast or too slow, and constantly have to stop for pee breaks.  And they'd tailgate a lot.  [/quote]

You need quick reflexes and on top of that, um, there have been many accidents when the elderly seem to confuse the brake and the accelerator, resulting in serious injury and death to bystanders.[/quote]

The point is not that they would be better soldiers, but that they would be more expendable.

Would there be some accidents as confused old people drove their tanks around?

Yes, there would.

Would these accidents involve an acceptable attrition rate?

Yes, they would.

War isn't always neat and pretty, it can be bloody and cruel.  Far better to send those at the end of their lives into such a situation than the young, fit men and women that we need to produce the next generation of young people, who can, in time, become the next generation of ageing soldiers who can keep this great nation safe.[/quote]

Please tell me any war that has been neat and pretty.  All wars are bloody and cruel.   Young people are sent to war because they are fearless and we lose this fearlessness as we age and when we send the 50, 60, 70 year olds to fight against the 18-3o age soldiers of another country the war would be over in a single day and then this great nation would no longer be safe.  Your idea of how to keep this nation safe in laughable.[/quote]

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