text: what is the percentage of enlisted military people from households with more than $60,000 in annual income? zero   but why? if you disagree do it because you read my response and took tyme to ruminate.  only as a challenge to see how high they of a rank achieve and to enter something that will benefit them in the long term.   they should go into the us armed forces to defend the us constitution.   operation iraqi freedom had nothing to do with safety and security. just like vietnam. please explain why the pentagon papers are still not completely shown to americans. both started with lies.  in iraq it was weapons of mass destructions and in vietnam it was to fight communism.  in the 1980s the republicans helped saddam hussein and the muhajadin because both were anti-communist,so we are pain dearly for them.  attacking afghanistan is justifiable: the taliban and al-qaeda  sadly saudi arabia still hesitates to help because of wahabism read end muslim terrorism by ending wahabism influence in saudi arabia end muslim terrorism by ending wahabism influence in saudi arabia ... e. why is wahabism on a collision course with the west and others? http://www.saag.org/papers10/paper903.html  unless people want to become commissioned officers they go to college after their tyme and or take courses while in active duty.   commissions can come after a four or two year college,but still have to pass officer candidate school,ocs  the educational requirements for warrant officers are different.   people from harvard and alike are not likely to enter because the current military thinking support war-hawks.   the us armed forces have a mentality that is becoming like the prussian military.   the prussian military was to obey and were never allowed to ask questions especially as to why.  the 1st amendment is severely curtailed so if someone makes a remark that annoys a higher ranking person,that  individual can received punishment from the uniformed code of military justice and the regulations of that branch.  the us armed forces have improve,but it still favors commissioned officers.  the hierarchy   top: commissioned officers.  middle: warrant officers:  bottom: non commissioned officers followed by enlisted that are not nco's  for war-hawks media ignore congressman murtha’s long history of opposition to ... anyway, thank you, john murtha, democratic congressman from pennsylvania. ... the news media distortion about john murtha: ... http://newsbusters.org/node/2869  my views: i support a strong military,but to do the right thing.   i admire the late barry goldwater and kelley ross,both libertarians. http://www.friesian.com/ross/ca40/