“Volunteer” Army

Even though things are always “improving” in Iraq, the military services are getting fairly desperate for recruits. A Seattle newspaper columnist has discovered that Marine recruiters are going way beyond the call of duty in trying to get new recruits. She details how one young man was taken to training exercises miles away without parental permission and who had to be “rescued” by his mother.

You’d better be a conscientious, but firm, objector when they come to the door.