I can see the War Nerd’s point. From Iraq: the “Duh!” Theory:
And how hard is it to turn a 17-year-old into a guerrilla? Man, if they’d had that option when I was a senior I never would’ve had to take another vocational aptitude test. “Guerrilla fighter” would’ve been my first, second and third choice. Now there are hordes of Iraqi teenagers with no jobs and no money who get the chance to fire at Americans on the streets where the USAF can’t swoop down on them.