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
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