11.13.07

Lotta fine folks out there want to defend our freedom

Posted in Culture war heroes at 11:56 pm by Administrator

All branches of the military meet or exceed their recruiting goals.

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  1. Mr. Dings said,

    November 14, 2007 at 4:40 am

    Great news! Maybe now they can start bringing those serving 2nd and 3rd tours home, if they want to come home, assuming it’s true they were, as usual, promised one thing by the military then delivered something entirely different. Perhaps not, I dunno, do you General?

  2. Bentnotesmanhisself said,

    November 14, 2007 at 2:07 pm

    Probably some do, some don’t. You’re right. It’s great news. Our brave front-line patriots could use a little relief.

  3. Mr. Dings said,

    November 15, 2007 at 2:36 pm

    We’ll rally round the flag ‘gain boys, but you’ll have to convince us of your World War.

    It was on this day in 1940 that 75,000 men were called to Armed Forces duty under the first peacetime conscription in American history. The draft had never been popular in America. During the Civil War it had sparked riots, and during World War I more than 3 million men refused to register at all. But people had heard about Hitler’s army invading and occupying Poland and France over the course of several months. In October of 1940, 16 million young men appeared at precinct election boards across the country to register with the Selective Service, and the first 75,000 draftees were called up to service on this day in 1940. In 1939, a poll had shown that only 35 percent of Americans approved of a draft, but by 1940 that support had gone up to 92 percent.

  4. Mr. Dings said,

    November 17, 2007 at 12:34 am

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071116/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/military_deserters_7

    Soldiers strained by six years at war are deserting their posts at the highest rate since 1980, with the number of Army deserters this year showing an 80 percent increase since the United States invaded Iraq in 2003.

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