No Military In Iraq=Threat to AMERICA!

Yesterday, President Bush spoke to an Ohio high school about how the military should stay in Iraq. The main reason that he said that we should stay in Iraq is to keep America safe from another terrorist attack. He stated that if we left, the radicals and extremists would take the nation and it would result with long-term problems for us. I think that what he is saying is a load of bull****, there is no other way of putting it. With all of these statements being said by this man, we can see why the Democrats in the House of Reps. and the Senate approved legislation for the withdrawal of the troops. I agree with the Democrats and we should not trade blood for dirty oil.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/2007/04/iraq-070419-voa04.htm

Where's the MONEY!

The good old president of these United States met with the democrats of this country to discuss on how to fund for the weapons and other resources that the soldiers in Iraq need. As you may know, many democrats oppose the war in Iraq because it is killing many of our neighbors who are sacrificing their live out there in the war. But President Bush is trying his hardest to get the money he needs to keep the soldiers out there so they can get in precious oil. He said “I've got my own opinion, which I am more than willing to share. The whole objective is to figure out how best to get our troops funded, get the money they need to do the job that I have asked them to do." So who knows if he will get the money he needs, or maybe fund the army himself. But one thing is for sure, we will not be seeing our soldiers back anytime soon.

Getting Mad at High School Recuirters

Many PTA meeting nation-wide are all about how they want to make their school a better learning enviroment for all of thier kids, to try to get a good word around their communities. But a recent meeting has just touched on a topic that has not been touched before, military recuirment. In Garfield High School, the PTA is opposing the army and why they are in the students living enviroment. "The mission of the PTA is to protect and defend kids," says Amy Hagopian, a mother of three whose son is a Garfield senior. She wants them to learn about wars that happened in history, not to become part of that history, dying in the battlefields like the Americans that fought in Vietnam.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0518/p02s01-ussc.html

Something Wrong with the Army, Mr. President?

With many hopes that our troops will come home soon, many people, such as President Bush are saying that we should not take our troops out of Iraq and should keep them there until will win the war. They say that Congress will pass a clean bill that would raise funds for the Army and keep them win new weapons and other supplies needed to stay out there. Bush wants this win for all the oil he can swim in, in my opinion. I believe we need to get these troops out of there before they get killed by the cars bombs and other suicide killing that are killing innocent people.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/2007/04/iraq-070415-rferl01.htm

What....No One Wants to Join ANYMORE?

Mostly young America is starting to realize how dangerous and life-threatening the army can be and they are not joining the army anymore. But the army analysts are showing that the army recruitment numbers are it's lowest in about 30 years ago. Since the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the army is suggesting to try to get as much as 50,000 more recruits because they need more help out there, even though they already have 1 million out there. They tried to reach a goal this year of about 80,000 fresh meat to get out there and fight, but they failed they goal and only got 73,000, a huge gap for they slaughter that is going on in the Middle East. Maybe soon, the army might suggest a draft to get new meat for the war…maybe…

Joining to Get Citizenship?

Many military officials are now saying that they are not succeeding with the military recruitments here in America. So what is next, military recruitment overseas?
The U.S Armed Forces have been taken into consideration of the possible recruitment of foreign soldiers from other countries to make that the army bigger. The ways they are going to lure them in are by offering them U.S. citizenship. They considered putting military recruitment stations in many foreign countries, but not really doing it yet. If these stations are opened, the Pentagon would be in a lot of harsh because they are supposed to be the defendants of this country, and now they need help.
Personally, I think this is one of the sickest things that the U.S. Army will do, if it is done. They will now try to kill foreign soldiers, trying to make their “American Dream” come true (if they decide to make it come true.) These foreign people would think that by joining, they wouldn’t have to endure that long hours of trying to cross Rio Grande, or be chased into Miami Bay, just to come to work harsh hours, getting paid half then minimum pay. If they are to do this, I will strongly oppose.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/12/26/military_considers_recruiting_foreigners/

The Army is in your GAME CONTROLLER!!!

The Army is the ultimate when it comes in trying to get all of young America to get into the army, even if they are 9 or 10 year old little kids who play video games. Yes, video games. The army is trying all fronts to get army soldiers, even on your computer screens. The U.S. Army has released a free online game called America's Army. They have been testing is game out for years now, showing real life army guns and maps, showing that the enemies are always in black attire, to influence them to get into the battle lines . They have many maps looking like the battlefronts of Iraq and other foreign enemy territories. I have been guilty of playing these games, but I'm one of the lucky ones who has not been influenced to get into the army because I'm want to one of the soldiers in the game. But unfortunately many little kids play this game and have been influenced to join in the "fun". What is the next influence for the army’s recruiters, our food?

http://cndyorks.gn.apc.org/news/articles/videogames.htm

Sgt. Abe, the Honest Recruiter

Let's say that you do want to go to the U.S. Army. You are ready to get the money that you have been promised to get, such as $30,000. Now you sit down with an Army recruiter and are speaking how this is change your life for the better. But has it ever crossed your mind what that contract really says? Thanks to Sgt. Abe, the Honest Recruiter, young America can find out all the real facts about that contract that “will” get you your money. Sgt. Abe explains anything and everything, such as that the army has the right to revoke anything for the recruit at any time, without any notice, including the promised money. Most people sign the dotted line, not knowing what their fate will be.
Thanks to Sgt. Abe, young America will know what they are up for, before they sign their life away.

http://www.quakerhouse.org/documents/enlist.html

How far will the Army go?

Have you ever asked how far the U.S. Army will try to get so that they get new soldiers from schools? Did you think that all they do is follow you to high school and that's it? Well you’re wrong. In the University of Vermont, some students, like juniors and senior, are getting email for an army recruiter to try to help them by giving the money to pay off their college dues. There is a law that protects the privacy of university students for anyone, but the Army is violating these laws. In my opinion, I think is very wrong. No one is allowed to have their private information given out to anyone, even if it's to the president who will send 3,000 troops to Iraq by next week. Hopefully one day, the army will stop this madness of try to get young people killed out their in the fight for "FREEDOM!"
http://www.counterpunch.org/jacobs03052005.html

No Child Left Behind!

Is the army after schools? In an article name No Child Unrecruited, David Goodman thinks so. Now-a-days the U.S. Army is trying to get the names of new recruits, whether schools like it or not. They are getting court orders to make schools give away the names of all the school's students, to try to send them letters, trying to brainwash kids that going to the army will get them money so that in the future will attend college with they money they need, if they make it back from the new wars on terrorism. The army will try to get all students is falling behind in schools and now it easier with Bush's new plan: No Child Left Behind.

So do you think that this is fair to the students? In my opinion, I think not. I wouldn't want all my private information to go out to anyone for any reason. Do you?
http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2002/11/ma_153_01.html

Does History Repeat Itself?

Kids today watch a lot of shows on TV. They are used to seeing the bad guys being beaten down by the good guys, the mentality that good must always defeat evil. Sharon Hughes believes that TV is one of the many reasons that "military recruitment" is the equivalent of brainwashing. She describes a show that Frank Capra did when he explain why all the American Troops are out in Iraq. He explains that we are there for the same reasons that we were in Germany back in WWII, in the cold days of Hitter and Mussolini. We were there to try to put a stop in the world domination that they tried to do back in their days and the evils they tried to bring to the world. Well, as Hughes explains, "history does not repeat itself, only the players.” These players are the soldiers that are fighting with their lives on the line to fight these new age dictators, such as the late Saddam and Bin Laden. These men are the reason why we are back at war, to try to stop these men from trying to dominate the world. Many protesters, who are always outside of the White House, try to put an end in this. They tell the army to stop trying to recruit their kids, so that their faith won't be like the millions that died in the Germany frontlines. Hopefully, their message will be heard so that we don't lose another million.
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/hughes/051018

No Money For College

Many young people today are enlisted in the U.S. Army. They are the ones who are risking their lives to fight the War against Terror. Many of these people are as young as 17, holding guns on their hands while shooting a target to get a better accuracy for when they go to Iraq, to kill the "evils" that are out there. But have you every thought why these people, who are so young, are going out to the cold face of war?

One major cause is what Dr. Teresa Whitehurst says, in her article The US Military is Luring and Brainwashing American Children. She says that one of the major causes for this is that young people don’t have a lot of money to go to college. Now-a-days, college can be very expensive and can be very overwhelming. They see that the army is the only way to get themselves the $50,000 to get their lives started.

I think that this is not the way to get their lives started. They do have many options on how to get the money they need. They could take out loans,even though if hard to pay off, but that is still a choice before they consider war. Many young people have a whole future ahead of themselves, and tragically, war is the reason that their future is cut too short.

www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7486.htm