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1. Lynndie England (of Abu Ghraib torture scandal fame) said

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sun Apr 29, 2012, 12:21 PM

Apr 2012

that the main reason she enlisted was that there were no jobs other than WalMart available within 60 miles of where she was born and raised. I found that confirmation of the 'poverty draft' moving in its pathos.

K&R for an important story that deserves more attention.

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