WT: Army shifts to appeal to patriotism (recruiters)

[Fire Walk With Me]

http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20050520-054256-5...

[Trajan]

1. GET those Young Republicans ! ....

They are VERY VERY VERY 'patriotic' ...

They would be GLAD to don the uniform and stand a post to protect George Bush's buddies oil interests round the world .... SURELY they would

[Shallah Kali]

10. Forget about using NoChildLeftBehind to recruit - use GOP member lists

That and recruiters should contact everyone with prowar bumperstickers. Just a thought.....

[Raster]

11. War is a good business. Every warmongering fascist should invest a son.

[whistle]

2. This is just not the truth...on CBS news they reported that recruiters

...are being pressured into these acts and some have even resorted to taking their own lives due to the pressure to "do what it takes to make recruitment quotas".

Every American is patriotic, but who wants to die or be disabled for life in an unjust and immoral war? This is Bush's War, let him and his cronies go out and find people to fight it and die for him.

[PurityOfEssence]

12. Every American is patriotic?

That's ridiculous.

This is the land of the selfish individual. This is the land of libertarianism. Where the hell did you get that?

There are many noble and self-sacrificing types here, as there are throughout the human race, but that statement's indefensible.

This is the land of the quick fix, this quarter's statement and getting rich quick. That's why we dominate in the movie and music industry; it's not a question of greater talent or technical innovation, it's the intrinsic soul of the short term scam.

Sheesh.

[Robeson]

15. Didn't you know....

...all many Americans have to do is put an American flag sticker on the back of their SUV's, and immediately, they become "Super Patriot" - also known as the "More Patriotic Than Thou Club". Thats all there is to it! Many can become a Super Patriot, AND still maintain a self-centered and self-absorbed view of the World!

[Jacobin]

3. Viet Nam

On steroids.

[wildwww2]

4. It`s patriotic to go to Iraq and kill people who are no threat to us?Not

These recruiters must be getting desperate. And the desperate type of people are what they will get with this ploy. Patriotism will only be a superficial excuse to serve one`s self up as cannon fodder. Recruiting numbers are down for a reason. Bu$h`s lies for his war crime are catching up to him. Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Bu$h Inc. may have to draft some patriotism soon.
Peace
Wildman
Al Gore is My President

[hadrons]

5. Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel -- Samuel Johnson

... say doesn't this make Jenna & Barbara pretty unpatriotic for not signing up

[Sandpiper]

6. The problem with this is that most self-proclaimed uber patriots

Happen to be of the bar stool variety.

[Zhade]

9. Yes - the "Yellow Streak Brigades".

One down their back, one down their leg.

[yorkiemommie1]

7. i asked a freeper friend of mine

whose 20 yr old son just lost his job if he was going to enlist. and. got. no. response. to. that. she had been wanting him to enlist before. hmmmm.

[Boomer]

8. Eureka! The problem is solved!

"The Army Friday took a day off from recruiting to review the service's ethos of honor and integrity with its 7,500 recruiters.... The active-duty Army is off about 6,600 recruits so far this year..."

Stop recruiting, return the recruiters to active duty. That should tide us over until the draft boards are fully mobilized.

[Fire Walk With Me]

13. Hahah! Oooh, I'd bet they'd LOVE to hear that!

lol, great idea!

[MAlibdem]

14. unfortunately, modern patriotism is shallow

in many people. People are patriotic insofar as America can be a place to make a lot of money.

Not my war, but if I was called, I would go.

[paparush]

16. So, this is what *Bush Meant By

No Child Left Behind.

I could see MoveOn.org doing another ad, utilizing children, similar to the Tax Cuts ad they did prior to the '04 elction.

This new ad would show fat cat pols shoving children to the front lines, putting rifles in their hands. We would see children peering out from under too-large helmets, and wearing kevlar vests that drag the ground. Children sitting in humvees, trying to lift ammo boxes and mortar rounds.

No child left behind...really starting to take on chilling undertones.