04/10/05

I'd like to place all the blame on the Bush administration for maintaining this insatiable war machine that eats our young. But I think we all share responsibility. If we pay income taxes, recruiters are on our payroll. I have heard the same good-hearted school counselors, teachers and parents who are passionate about college also say that there are 'some' kids who would be 'better off in the military.' Maybe there is a behavior problem, and they think more discipline would help. Or they think some kids 'just aren't college material.' Being a soldier seems a better risk than 'a life on the streets...

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0409-22.htm

from Common Dreams, by Susan Van Haitsma


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp