Well I guess America is lucky. In spite of what some say, Bush is probably a liberal compared to Kartzaferis and some of those comparisons don't seem to entirely match up.
As for reducing conscription to six months. I have only one thought: How much actual service will one get after Basic and the Technical MOS (military job) training would someone get. My Basic Training was nine weeks and my AIT to be a Finance soldier was another eight weeks. Granted I am a volunteer soldier who signed a four year enlistment contract (and made an Oath...plus it was optional to say "so help me God" at the end of it, as some of America's finest are atheists, Buddhists, and pagan (including two in my last unit)), so four montsh of training plus the 2.5 days of leave earned each month didn't dent my minimum obligation (of which I have 11 months left if you exclude leave).
I am glad that relationships between Turkey and Greece are getting better. As for President of the US, I find Bush a dissapointment (I think his socila conservate notions are bones he throws to the right wing fo the party so he won't get Nadered, but he is spending money like a drunken sailor on stuff not connected to defense or natioanl security), but I cannot stand John "Botox" Kerry. At least I can vote for a Libertarian who has no way of winning, but at least I agree with the Libertarian in most repsetc, and even where I don't, I like his reaosing for that position.
So what is DIKKI? And what is so bad about Byzatium...unless you refer to the buerecracy and corruption present back then? Of course my thoughts of Byzantium boil down to pretty art and pretty architecture, so I hope the question doesn't upset you too much.
I thought my country had problems
As for reducing conscription to six months. I have only one thought: How much actual service will one get after Basic and the Technical MOS (military job) training would someone get. My Basic Training was nine weeks and my AIT to be a Finance soldier was another eight weeks. Granted I am a volunteer soldier who signed a four year enlistment contract (and made an Oath...plus it was optional to say "so help me God" at the end of it, as some of America's finest are atheists, Buddhists, and pagan (including two in my last unit)), so four montsh of training plus the 2.5 days of leave earned each month didn't dent my minimum obligation (of which I have 11 months left if you exclude leave).
I am glad that relationships between Turkey and Greece are getting better. As for President of the US, I find Bush a dissapointment (I think his socila conservate notions are bones he throws to the right wing fo the party so he won't get Nadered, but he is spending money like a drunken sailor on stuff not connected to defense or natioanl security), but I cannot stand John "Botox" Kerry. At least I can vote for a Libertarian who has no way of winning, but at least I agree with the Libertarian in most repsetc, and even where I don't, I like his reaosing for that position.
So what is DIKKI? And what is so bad about Byzatium...unless you refer to the buerecracy and corruption present back then? Of course my thoughts of Byzantium boil down to pretty art and pretty architecture, so I hope the question doesn't upset you too much.