Reply #14: long overdue...

[boricua79]

as a Latino, I've always wondered, "where the hell are the parents of these kids...how come they didn't take the time to explain to their kids what a hellhole it would be in Iraq. What Latin American parent could, with a moral conscience, allow their children to be part of an Army that has historically intervened, overtly and covertly, in their mother countries, to the detriment of their own relatives? My child will not be joining the U.S. army. He/she will not be used in a Bay of Pigs, or the overthrow of Allende in Chile, or the overthrow of Arbenz in Nicaragua, or in a contra war against the Nicaraguans, or in massacres in El Mozote, El Salvador, or invading Panama, Dominican Republic, and Grenada, or overthrowing democratically elected leaders in Venezuela, etc."

Nop...I'm sorry. I know my history...it ain't happening, and good for this father for getting involved.