PSYOP quote: "In places and situations wherever possible ... explain the operation of weapons to the youths and young men."
An endless war requires an endless supply of cannon fodder; lucky for the military if enough recruits succumb to the sexy hype about weapons and enlist. If they don't though, there's always the Universal Military Training and Service Act (H.R. 3598) which, aiming to bring back the draft, states: "ALL males residing in the U.S. between the ages of 18-22 (must) receive military training for at least 6 months" and imposes additional time on high school dropouts.
Chew on that quote for a second. The high school dropout part is self-explanatory; longer military sentences would effectively be forced on poor kids and minorities, those most likely to drop out of school. The "residing" part is odd though - apparently, even citizens of other countries who happen to live in the US will be obligated to complete military service for Uncle Sam.
So it appears every trick in the book will be used to get our youth on the battlefield, but once those boys come home wounded or in body bags, they and their families will be abandoned, at least if Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has his way. Addressing the Armed Services Committee, Rumsfeld recently claimed he had no knowledge of the US having ever shipped any biological weapons to Iraq; Rumsfeld said he had no knowledge despite the existence of substantial proof, including a widely-distributed 1994 Senate Report documenting the US sale of bacteria and viruses to Iraq.
An endless war requires an endless supply of cannon fodder; lucky for the military if enough recruits succumb to the sexy hype about weapons and enlist. If they don't though, there's always the Universal Military Training and Service Act (H.R. 3598) which, aiming to bring back the draft, states: "ALL males residing in the U.S. between the ages of 18-22 (must) receive military training for at least 6 months" and imposes additional time on high school dropouts.
Chew on that quote for a second. The high school dropout part is self-explanatory; longer military sentences would effectively be forced on poor kids and minorities, those most likely to drop out of school. The "residing" part is odd though - apparently, even citizens of other countries who happen to live in the US will be obligated to complete military service for Uncle Sam.
So it appears every trick in the book will be used to get our youth on the battlefield, but once those boys come home wounded or in body bags, they and their families will be abandoned, at least if Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has his way. Addressing the Armed Services Committee, Rumsfeld recently claimed he had no knowledge of the US having ever shipped any biological weapons to Iraq; Rumsfeld said he had no knowledge despite the existence of substantial proof, including a widely-distributed 1994 Senate Report documenting the US sale of bacteria and viruses to Iraq.