Reply #141: It's a fine line to tread because I would never denigrate

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anyone who has a sincere desire to serve in the military. However, I believe kids should know what they are getting into before they sign up and I think kids like Anthony aren't being told the truth if they are going to Iraq believing it had something to do with 9/11. Yet another 17-year-old was quoted in the same article as saying he's joined the Marines and will go after high school graduation in June because he wants to bring the Iraqi people "freedom."

There was a great scene in the movie "Coming Home" in which a recruiter comes to a high school campus and paints a rosy picture of military service in the Vietnam era. He's followed by Jon Voight, the partially paralyzed vet in a wheelchair, who gives the kids the real unvarnished truth. I think kids contemplating putting their lives on the line deserve no less.