March 21, 2005
Quote Of The Moment #0091
The military is seeking to rebuild forces, adding temporarily 30,000 Army soldiers and 5,000 Marines. But the war isn't the only obstacle. Rising college attendance and an expanding job market are giving high school graduates more choices. "It's times like this when unemployment is reaching 5 percent that is a critical level" for undercutting recruitment, said Curtis L. Gilroy, director of accession policy for the Defense Department.
In other words, the Defense Department is confirming what many critics of the "Poverty Draft" have been saying: young people sign up for the military by and large not to "serve" their country, but because they've no financial alternatives.
So, same as it ever was: it's Class War. Out enemies are not the lower classes of other countries, they're the upper classes of this country.
Posted by Eddie Tews at March 21, 2005 09:33 AM
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