Jul 03 2007
The Militarization of American Youth
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by Bryn Lloyd-Bollard
RECRUITMENT LIES
Across the country, the U.S. military is failing to meet its recruitment goals. To address this problem, the Pentagon has been rapidly expanding its programs designed to entice young people to enlist. It is now spending $3.4 billion dollars annually, an average of $14,000 per new recruit. Using flashy marketing campaigns, television spots, and even developing its own videogames, the Army is bombarding young people with images that glorify guns and violence. Recruiters use elaborate PR strategies: they set up shop at malls, movie theaters, sporting events, and concerts, and they cruise around town in decked-out Humvees that blast music popular among teenagers.
The military presence in our nation’s public schools is growing at an alarming rate. Educational institutions in working-class areas are prime targets of military recruiters, who particularly stalk the corridors of vocational schools. The military considers students to be easy targets who can be manipulated into signing up by promising them career training, money for college, free travel, and adventure. Recruiters are PR experts; like drug dealers and tobacco company representatives, they market a dangerous product with side effects they don’t want their potential customers to know about.
While recruiters tell students that they can receive $70,000 for college through the Montgomery GI Bill, the average payout to veterans is only $2,151. To be eligible for educational benefits, soldiers must commit to serving three years on active duty and must also pay a nonrefundable “deposit” to the military of $100 a month for a year. Considering that only 43% of the soldiers who sign up for the program receive any money, the majority who seek financial assistance through the GI Bill actually end up paying the military $1,200 and get nothing in return. And a soldier who does get the average payment of $2,151 actually receives only $951 beyond his or her own contribution. Only 15% of all recruits graduate with a four-year degree.
The skills learned in the military are often nontransferable to civilian employment, and many people find themselves in need of retraining after leaving the armed services. Veterans in the 20-34 age bracket have a higher unemployment rate than non-veterans and those who are employed typically earn 12% to 15% less. Most people would be surprised to learn that veterans make up one-third of all homeless people and half of all homeless men. While in the military, 65% of enlistees state that they are not satisfied with their current jobs.
There is a variety of other less-than-flattering statistics about the military that recruiters fail to mention. People of color represent 1/3 of all enlisted personnel but only 1/8 of the officers. Nearly 90% of women in the military report being sexually harassed, and 1/3 report being raped. In addition to the more than 3,500 US men and women who have died in the current war in Iraq, tens of thousands have been wounded and are returning home with traumatic brain injuries, loss of limbs, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and other serious illnesses related to exposure to the depleted uranium used in US munitions.
Recruiters are under enormous pressure to meet their quota of two recruits a month, which requires them to contact an average of 120 potential enlistees over that time. Since fewer than 10% of all recruits seek out military employment on their own, recruiters face the daunting task of finding the large majority of new military recruits. Thus it’s no surprise that a central recruiting tactic is a combination of deception and omission. One recruiter recently interviewed in The Boston Globe characterized his work: “You have to convince those little punks to do something…I figure if I can sell this, I can sell anything.” By the Army’s own count, there were 320 substantiated cases of what it calls recruitment improprieties in 2004, up from 199 in 1999, and 213 in 2002. The offenses varied from threats and coercion to false promises that applicants would not be sent to Iraq. The number of those investigated rose to 1,118 in 2004, or nearly one in five of all recruiters, up from 913 in 2002, or one in eight. A recruiter interviewed by the New York Times said it best, “The problem is that no one wants to join [and] we have to play fast and loose with the rules to get by.”
MILITARY MISEDUCATION
The military manual for the high school recruiters offers us a window into their strategies. It suggests that recruiters make themselves “indispensable” to schools and that, in addition to the wealth of student data currently given to recruiters by school administrations, recruiters should access informal sources of information such as school yearbooks. Also stating that it is “only natural for a potential enlistee to resist,” the manual suggests ways to turn aside objections and lists techniques for closing the deal, such as the Challenge Close. It advises that the Challenge Close works best with young men, and that “You must be careful how you use this one. You must be on friendly terms with your prospect, or this may backfire. When you find difficulty in closing, particularly when your prospect’s interest seems to be waning, challenge his ego by suggesting that basic training may be too difficult for him and he might not be able to pass it. Then, if he accepts your challenge, you will be a giant step closer to getting him to enlist.”
Despite the fact that the military is hazardous to young people’s education and their future careers—not to mention their lives—the No Child Left Behind Act makes it easier for the military to gain direct access to students. The Act contains a little known provision that threatens to take away federal funding if a school refuses to hand over to the Military personal information about its students, including names, addresses, and telephone numbers. Before the law went into effect, 1/3 of all high schools in the country felt it inappropriate to give out this information to recruiters. The law now coerces schools into giving the military unimpeded access. By law, parents may request that information about their child be kept private, yet there is no system in place that informs parents or students of these rights, so many remain unaware.
The Pentagon also gets information about students through administering its Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test (ASVAB). This test is offered to schools free of charge, and while it is marketed as a way to help students choose between a variety of military and civilian careers, the test is primarily designed to assess a person’s military qualifications. When a student takes the exam, their contact information and test scores are automatically sent to recruiters, who may use the information as they see fit.
JROTC & TEEN SOLDIERS
Another major way in which the military attracts young people is through the Junior Reserves Officer Training Corps (JROTC) program, which the Pentagon has been enthusiastically expanding since early 1990s. There are currently 500,000 students, aged 14 and over, enrolled in JROTC programs throughout the country. The JROTC claims that its goal is “to motivate young people to be better citizens” by “teaching high school students the value of citizenship, leadership, service to the community, personal responsibility,and a sense of accomplishment, while instilling in them self-esteem, teamwork, and self-discipline.” In the program, teenagers are taught military-style drills and are given military-style discipline. All JROTC recruits drill with weapons and study military history, and 90% of them are trained to use guns. The US Army insists that the JROTC is not a recruiting tool or public relations ploy designed to give the military a better face, yet half of all JROTC graduates join the military. Of these, only one-third enter a higher education program. William Cohen, Secretary of Defense in the Clinton administration, bluntly told Congress in February 2000 that the JROTC is “one of the best recruiting devices we could have.”
The government initially set up JROTC as an elective high school class. However, many schools have begun to enroll students in the program automatically. Federal law mandates that at least 100 students or 10% of the student body must be enrolled in each JROTC unit in order to maintain the program in a school. Thus, school administrators can feel pressured to bend, if not break, the rules regarding the voluntary nature of the program by making it difficult for students to find alternative courses. A JROTC unit costs a school an average of $75,000, which drains resources from other school activities and vital programs.
School administrators often think of JROTC as a good alternative for students who do not excel at academics or who have behavioral problems, but the JROTC track record at helping at-risk youth is far from perfect. Since 1990, there have been numerous violent incidents involving JROTC recruits. Murders, gang activity, sexual assaults, and violent hazing have been linked JROTC instructors, members, and graduates. Rather than teaching students about peaceful alternatives, the JROTC promotes violence by teaching students to use guns and to take part in mindless drills that train them to follow orders without hesitation and without thought.
COUNTER RECRUITMENT
In response to the growing military presence in schools throughout the country, counter-recruitment efforts have also been growing. In 1986, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that under the First and Fourteenth Amendments, schools creating a forum for proponents of the military must also provide equal access for those with opposing points of view. Counter recruitment programs help students understand the real implications of military service and educate them about alternatives to military enlistment and ways to get out once already signed up.
The majority of young people who join the military enlist through the Delayed Entry Program (DEP), which allows them up to a year before they must report for active duty training. Many of these recruits are unaware that they have the option of leaving the military during the time period before training begins. All they need to do is write a letter requesting separation that fully explains the reasons why the recruit is unable or unwilling to serve. While the military defines specific separation categories, almost any reason is acceptable so long as the recruit states clearly that he or she is no longer interested in serving in the military.
FIGHT THE DRAFT
To reduce the chances of being selected during a draft, there are a couple things young people can do. When turning 18, all males are supposed to register with the Selective Service and join the draft-ready pool of their peers. However, they can actually wait until their 26th birthday before registering. While federal Government threatens a fine of $250,000 and a maximum of five years in prison for those who don’t register, there are no known recent cases of this being imposed. State penalties vary and include denial of admittance to public colleges and universities, denial of state employment and denial of student financial aid. States are also beginning to link drivers’ licenses to selective service registration.
When filling out the selective service form, the registrant has the option of registering as a conscientious objector (CO). A CO writes that he is totally opposed to war and cannot conceive of any situation where he would be willing or able to take the life of another human. This statement can be written on the margins of the selective service form and/or in a separate letter. He should make a copy for his records, place it in a sealed envelope, mail it to himself, and keep it, along with additional personal documentation that shows he is against war (for example, journal entries, articles, letters, poems, and the like).
In addition to having a complete understanding of the disparities between what recruiters say about military service and the reality, young people are advised to take some precautionary steps when meeting with recruiters. They should take along a family member and/or a trusted ally as a witness and advocate and have them read over the enlistment agreement. Potential recruits should always ask questions about parts of the agreement they don’t understand and should keep a copy for their records. They should be truthful about their police records and medical conditions and not allow recruiters to falsify documents on their behalf. They should know that everything about their service contract is negotiable but that the military can override any contract in a time of crisis (as is the case with Stop Loss orders). Enlistees should also be aware that spoken promises are worthless and should require the recruiter to put all of his or her promises in writing.
ANTI-WAR MOVEMENTS
Militarism in our schools is an issue of serious and growing importance. Using a variety of clever tricks and persuasive tactics, the Pentagon takes advantage of our nation’s youth, especially the underprivileged, by marketing dead-end military jobs. With its vast budget and immense political power, the military is trying to sell itself as a cure for our country’s social and economic problems, even in the face of considerable evidence showing that a military career can cut short a student’s education and make it even harder to find a productive livelihood. Despite its best efforts, however, military recruitment rates continue to decline. This testifies to the fact that the real implications of military service are slowly gaining widespread attention and that counter-recruitment campaigns are succeeding. As the antiwar movement and all people concerned about the welfare of our nation’s youth continue to expose the military’s lies about enlistment, it will become more and more difficult for the Pentagon to continue fighting its wars abroad and to mislead and misuse the country’s young citizens at home.
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There should be no problem with young “militarized” people, so long as they are truly fighting for their own sovereignty…but that just is not the case with America today.
This is a war for Zionist control of the Iran-Iraq Zagros Oil Belt. They are being “militarized” for Zionist moneybags. America has taken the place of the former USSR. The CIA is just a new rendition of the Soviet Comintern.
The way it’s going a draft won’t be needed. When the only work available to American citizens is the military they will have their quota and more. The only other American job will be the making of the flags for their coffins (body bags from Mexico/China).
Sad.
So, a draft would be better?
I don’t belong to any country and don’t even care what happens to it. The only thing I care is my family and my property and the rest can burn.
I am done.
Waa - waa - fucking Waaa.
You guys have no idea what is being rammed up your hind end or even how deep it will go. Nor do you have a clue - espeically the guys who pretend to be the Hitlerina with the reversable Frauline picture. Hey Weronika wasn’t it a gas when Hitler ordered the entire 6th SS Panzer army to rip their SS emblems off their sleeves after the Ruskies had kicked the crap out of them in Hungary? Lucky that a real man like SS general Sepp Dietrich was there that day to prevent that stupid Hitler order from reaching those hard fighting SS boys. But then I forgot your little puffy faced Austrian was god wasn’t he?
I say if anyone is dense enough or willful enough to be ignorant in today’s world filled with internet news - then let them be suckered in. Well, they are younins. Tough - its what their stupid, tatooed, lawn farming, post modernist parents deserve. No, actually its only a TINY PART of what they deserve.
Shlomo (hiding behind the screen name of AntiBorg)
What’s the matter? You starting to see the people waking up to the truth?
People…
The powers the president is setting up are basically the onese removed since watergate… and the war movies and methods to get young americans to inlist are NO DIFFERENT than what has been done in WWII, Korea, etc… Study history a little more. This is just the first time since the Veitnam Hippy days that we have been faced with a world war situation… we are going to have to drop some bombs and saden some moms in order to keep a islamic califate from forming that is more dangerous than if hitler still had europe… well the list goes on…
Well of course they lie. Who did you think they were? They kill for a living. They use force to get whatever they want. They excuse themselves from every consequence. It’s predictable they would lie. That’s the least of their crimes.
The Chinese and the Mexicans are Americans’ Slaves just as the Americans are slaves to Israel. THink about it. Americans work until May each year to pay the unconstitutional “Income” Tax. MOST of that boondoggle goes to interest on the national debt (Jewish Bankers and their Goyem cronies) and the rest MOSTly goes to the Military. And of course our ENTIRE military is over in the Middle East serving at the pleasure of ISRAEL, as that illegal “State” commands us (U.S.) to kill nation after nation for THEM. It’s okay though because Americans are ALL completely BRAINWASHED and STUPID. Bunch of self-centered cowardly jackass FOOLS! You all allowed BUSHWACKER INC. to destroy the world and you all deserve to have your country SOLD to the chinks, spics and jews!
Father Berrigan chose to use civil disobedience. It’s time for American Patriots to do the same.
Joim organizations such as counter recruit, picket in front of recuitment offices and goddamnit, get these lying, raping bastards out of our schools!
If the draft is used then the Bush twins should be the first to go. Hell they should be kidnapped and dropped off in Baghdad!
Piss on Bush, Chaney and the rest of the S.O.B.s in the WhoreHouse!
About 4 years ago, my daughter questioned how the teacher graded one of her children’s math tests. Answers that should have been marked wrong were not. The teach responded with this following idiotic statement: “There are no wrong answers, just some answers which are more correct than others.”
Try writing software with incorrect math. Designing a car enginer, or calculating the trajectory of a satellite. Good luck.
It’s clear what this subliminal agenda is: Make certain the children cannot get into college. That way, the only option they have for work is a convenience store (which no one can live on) or GO SIGN UP IN THE MILITARY.
Talk about an insidious form of population control…that supports the PNAC philosophy as well.
Just think of it; it will be one hundred years since the Zionist take-over (the 16th Amendment–the Fed Act) 1913-2013…But! There is Dec 21, 2012 just before Fruition.
Tough Luck, new world order folk! This paradigm shift won’t be purely rhetorical…all the liars pants will actually catch fire. I can hardly wait.
Hope…it’s good for you.
“I shall pluck out the ‘All Seeing Eye of Horus.”–ta panta nous
This is for the very few of you who ‘get it’.
Fear not the grave for gravity is a myth. Time is not linear, it is radiant. It is INDEPENDENCE DAY that cometh.
Gentlemen,
Your article is disingenious. Why teach how to avoid military service? It is the military keeping this country and the free world in a state of freedom.
Go after the politicians if you may but stay off the back of this noble institution.
Were all kids to enter military service for 2 years like in the past this country would be better served with a disciplined youth entering the work force and education system. Now the occupational hazards are the playstation, devious websites, no religion etc. One two three four is a better song than the contrived notes emanating off the speakers.
I would encourage everyone that reads this to check the facts regarding this mans representations. The fact is every country has an army. Some folks will join or be forced to join depending on the county. War is hell and never desired. The draft is bad Idea used by those that only have a restricted or limited view of the value of service to country.
On this subject I will note that the current crop of bad people has been around serving in that role for almost 600 years. My family fought in two wars in Spain over 400 years ago kicking them out. Now, more recently my great grad dad fought them (bad guys that use the word Alla all the time) out of the Philipines in the early 1909-1911. They were executing all the Christians that refused to convert (again).
The facts are we have the best Army in the whole world and it costs us not just money but human beings. Read the Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson to get a feel for what the entire world is up against and perhaps some completely new view on the people that serve our country.
I have noticed cable television becoming more militirized, the wings channel that I enjoyed so much (civilian aircraft) is now the Military channel, on the weekends it is non stop war-garbage for the other channels, I believe a draft will be coming at some point, the endless war policy.
I would like to know where this writer gets their statistical percentages from…
Hmmmmmm
Being an a veteran field artillery cannon crewmember for some 8yrs of active duty, I can agree with some of what this writer states.
However, I disagree with their so-called statistics of 90% this and whatever percent that. This type of talk should be backed up. This type of talk can sway the week minded opinion.
Anyway, my entry into the Army was back in 1989. Unfortunate circumstances forced me into leaving the senior year of high school. This put me into the position of only having a G.E.D.
When the recruiters were attempting to explain things, they more or less gave me the impression that I get whatever they give me because I only have a GED.
I had high ASVAB scores which were in my favor for job, but as far as obtaining the actual college fund - the recruiters said NO.
Not only did my GED STOP me from having eligibility to obtain the college fund, but it forced me into signing on and agreeing to the Montgomery G.I. Bill.
I felt forced because it was the Army’s ONLY offer for any type of educational aid if I joined. So, I took it, and paid for the first year. Back in 1989, it was that price of $100 per month for the first 12 months also. Except a private in the Army wasn’t getting paid what a private in the Army is today.
So, when I finished my first active duty tour, I got out, and had to attend full time college to be elligible for only $300 per month in return. Keep in mind, when I started to receive my checks, it was 1992.
I finished my degree, however I was denied for further benefits because my time to use them had run out.
Just thought you all would like to know…..from an actual veteran.
Regards
Jonathan
Whiney People, sitting around expounding on subjects about which they know nothing.
I’m a Veteran, with a six-figure income. I didn’t get lied to when ENLISTING as I actually listened to and asked intelligent questions of the recruiter.
One bit of truth in the article which I will address in general terms: Insofar as utilizing the college benefits,…I would agree that there are a great many roadblocks, regulations, workday realities that hinder most from taking advantage of the benefit. Some,….usually those REMF (Rear Echelon Mutha F’rs) types, or other nondeployable, non-shooter types, are able to take advantage because their daily job, even in the military, is a 9 - 5.
“…the Army is bombarding young people with images that glorify guns and violence.” Yes, and when this backfires such as at Columbine, Jonesboro, AR and VA Tech the gun-grabbers call for gun control like enacted in the U.K. Or, when these killer-automaton-creeps come home and join the local police forces you get the shit beat out of you when you question their judgement or they go on killing rampages and it is justified in the courts. They get us one way or another. Am I being paranoid? Perhaps, but I wasn’t born that way.
This is for VETERAN. You are full of neo-con bullshit. Go whack-off with Bush, Cheney and Libby (Liebowitz)!
…and THIS is for “bob the biker-bobber”: LOL!!!!!! Believe what you want. It worked out well for me. Go express you anger at your own less-than-stellar career to your therapist. DOH! Did I say that out loud? My bad…..
and FYI - I can’t STAND the NEOCONS. I’m INDY all the way, but it doesn’t mean I stand by and listen to people who are just as extreme in their own way spread their own brand of exaggerated Bullshit. Think for YOURSELF, people. It often means you’ll draw fire from left and right, but it’s worth it to remain clear and true.
While I can see both sides clearly…
Veteran, assuming you are one, you know you are in the minority. How many of your “brothers” have suffered only to be denied their VA benefits? How many people have you seen burn to protect someone else? How many times have you been told (Paraphrasing) *ahem* ” You ain’t seen shit! Get back to work!” ? How many females have you seen get “Assaulted” or “Harassed” and put on limited duty or given an office job to shut them up? How many first year bootcamps have you seen sleeping with an NCO? How many times has your command had a non-com go crazy and have to be subdued? Remember when you found out that friendly fire doesn’t happen on patrol, but back in camp? You know very well that this line of work never pays out to those that deserve it.
And to the the rest, most of us get duped into enlisting. Its a joke among people new to the service. But almost no one does so to die for their country, or to kill anyone. The boys you see wanting to be “the first guy on their block to kill a raghead” come around really quick. Either carrying a severed limb or in a body bag.
The rest of us want out with the chance to succeed on the outside, and none of us can say anything, we cannot question, we cannot affect any choices on the command level, but we can get out alive. Once we become citizens again we can affect change. Until then, once you wise-up to the B.S. you just keep your head down and your nose clean. Else you discover friendly fire isnt friendly.
Great article! But, this was already cleverly exposed in a stylistic “The Simpsons” episode about 2 years ago. A must see!
AntiBorg,
I want a source with page number for that supposed Hitler order.
Shlomo the Jew,
Undoing the Mother of Atrocity Propaganda: Accounting for the Elusive “6 Million”
According to retired Mechanical Engineer and historian Friedrich Berg,
When I was young and naive in the sixties, if someone had told me that there were more than a million Jewish holocaust survivors alive in the world–I would have seriously doubted that person’s sanity. Everyone knew that Hitler and the Nazis had murdered practically every Jew in Europe and that only a small handful; perhaps a few dozen or so, could have possibly “survived.” Each known “survivor” was some kind of living miracle and this led to…adulation for the likes of Elie Wiesel. But now, thanks to Sergio DellaPergola, we know that even many years later, in 2003, 1,092,000 Jewish holocaust survivors were still alive. Those “survivors” would have also been alive at the end of the war.
No doubt, a large number of Jewish holocaust survivors died after the end of the war and before 2003. Those deaths cannot be blamed directly on the Nazis. Suffering at the hands of the Nazis may have shortened their lives–but without that factor, their decline in numbers would conform to standard actuarial tables as are used in the life insurance industry.
In other words, the number “1,092,000” is the declining number for a much larger population that must have existed just after the end of the war. The important question is just how much larger was that same category of people at war’s end? Germar Rudolf studied the actuarial tables and concluded that for the period from 1995 to 1945 there would have been a normal population (no births added) decline by a factor of about 4.2. My own estimate is that for an even longer period of time, from 2003 to 1945, that comparable factor would have been at least 4.7—which [indicates] a “survivor” population of about 5 million Jews at the end of the war.
If the postwar population rate of decline had been greater than normal (from all [of] that suffering, etc.), the factor would have been more than 4.7. That would, in turn, mean that the Jewish “survivor” population at the end of the war would have been greater than 5 million–perhaps even as high as 6 million. So, how bad could the holocaust have been…? How many Jews could have possibly died or been killed? The answer depends on how many Jews had been under German occupation–and that question depends, in turn, on how one defines a Jew. Lots of questions–but clearly the huge number of survivors alive in 2003 undermines the hoax generally. The Jews under Nazi rule did not “disappear” at all. The vast majority were still there but in diverse locations at war’s end (F. Berg, e-mail communication, June 22, 2007).
yo, anybody got any ideas on how to get out? I’ve got 2 years in and I’m dying to get out, they haven’t even paid me my bonus yet, I don’t even care if I get it, just want out
Sol,
In answer to your questions:
I don’t know. Do you?
None.
Never.
None.
None.
Never.
No.
Geez! What kind of bullshit unit are you assigned to? Dude,…I’ve got 23 years combined Military and Contractor. Grunt, SF, Intel. Myself,..and those I associate with simply haven’t had these experiences that I hear many youngsters whining about - and lapped up by America-Haters like a kitten laps up milk.
I think you are feeling sorry for yourself.
“yo, anybody got any ideas on how to get out? I’ve got 2 years in and I’m dying to get out, they haven’t even paid me my bonus yet, I don’t even care if I get it, just want out”
Mike,
I do not have the knowledge to tell you the best ways of trying to obtain a discharge from the military. This website might have some useful advice for you however: http://www.objector.org/girights/military-discharges.html
Good luck.
Mike - Cease keeping your cocksucking a secret. That’s a surefire way out, so I hear. Goes for you too, Sol.
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I was born in July 1939. Millions of fathers went off to ww2 in that September. Thousands of women were conscripted to munitions factories and their children were carted off to orphanages. The menfolk were lured by an order from Ministry of Defence who issued an exemption from alimony payments. Fathers could be jailed for failure to pay up. These men did not fight for God, King and country. they were lured by exemptions from alimony. The UK post war Cabinet had tens of thousands of children in care when millions of men died at the front. There was no welfare for women and most did not collect their children from these orphanages.
Readers should check out numerous books written about it in “ORPHANS OF THE EMPIRE; ATHE CHILD MIGRANTS. Who were shipped post war to church farms and orphanages in Canada, Rhodesia and Australia. the churches have been sued for millions due to abuse of war orphans
I was born in July 1939. Millions of fathers went off to ww2 in that September. Thousands of women were conscripted to munitions factories and their children were carted off to orphanages. The menfolk were lured by an order from Ministry of Defence who issued an exemption from alimony payments. ( Fathers could be jailed for failure to pay up). These men did not fight for God, King and country. they were lured by exemptions from alimony. The UK post war Cabinet had tens of thousands of children in care when millions of men died at the front. There was no welfare for impoverished women and most did not collect their children from these orphanages.
Readers should check out numerous books written about E.G “ORPHANS OF THE EMPIRE; By Alan Gill. which tells the story of Britain’s CHILD MIGRANTS. Who were shipped post war to church farms and orphanages in Canada, Rhodesia and outback Australia. the churches have been sued for millions due to abuse of these war orphans. Millions of fathers were double crossed by those who did not send their kids to war, Churchill did not visit orphanages he perhaps could not stomach what King George V1 called “The silent victims of wars” when he and Queen Mum visited orphans in air raid shelters.
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Weronika - you should read more - Try the book that glorifies the Waffen SS and Michael Wittmann from Stackpole Military History Series, called ‘Michael Wittmann and the Waffen SS Tiger commanders of the Leibstandarte in WWII’. By the way it was Gen. Sepp Dietrich while in the battle of Normandy who when learning that someone had tried to blow up Hitler, asked, “Who was it, the Army or the SS?” Hitler had turned himself into the one man know it all - had go bonkers and let’s face it it was his stupid orders to stand and fight to the last drop of blood that destroyed the finest fighting machine man had ever built till that time - The German War machine. Hitler tried use WWI thinking to face WWII dangers - his orders led to a series of German armies and units being surrounded, but off from all supplies and then being totally destroyed. Not once, but over and over and over. Had Hiter’s earlier orders been followed by the Waffen SS in 43, and 44 much of the SS would have been likewise destroyed early on. BUT SEPP DIETRICH was not afraid to IGNORE Hitler’s stupid orders and he several times pulled the SS out of Hitler-made-Traps during those years. He often DISOBEYED Hitler and that is why the SS was still around fighting in Hungary. But even Sepp Dietrich was almost moved to tears and had to stable himslef by holding on to a table the day he intercepted that order I mentioned in my earlier post. I just finished the book mentioned - one that glorifies the Waffen SS and tries to cover its dark spots - but on page 358 of Vol. II you will find it. But I had read about it before. Any real student of SS History should know about it.
For example I’ll bet you didn’t know that in Hitler’s last will he ordered Himmler to be thrown out of the Nazi party.
And by the way, if you spent a little time reading the words of the SS men who fought and not those who sat in plush offices drinking brandy - you would learn that the SS fighting man by the end of 1944 was no longer fighting for Hitler - they all admit to fighting so as to save their country, to save their fellow soldiers in their units, and finally by 45 they say they were only fighting to save the millions of German women who were being raped by the onrushing Soviets. No mention about fighting for Hitler - other than they say they did not want to break their oath of honor - but as far as the man Hitler himself - if you read such books put out by SS men, such as that of Panzer Meyer, it becomes plain that they had no illusions about that quack. had Hitler stayed out of trying to be the one man military genius, Germany would likely have won.
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Whatever happened to “truth in advertising”? The truth of the recruiting ordeal is this, plain and simple. Our country’s freedom and soverignty is being threatened and attacked. We need people who are willing to put on the uniform of the United States Military and fight for our freedom. This means you will be given a weapon and trained to kill the enemy, you will spend much time away from home and family, you may not get much sleep, at times you will be tired, hungry, wet, cold, hot, thirsty and we cannot gaurantee your safe return home. You will be putting your life on the line for what you believe in, and at the same time helping to guarantee the safety and freedom or your children and your childrens children so that following generations can enjoy this same freedom you already have. Are you ready to go and stand up and fight?
We don’t want our boys and girls standing in harms way over in Iraq and other places in the world, but friends, if we don’t do something, one day we may not be the world super power that we are. We are not mean and vindictive but desire freedom for all and peace in this world. Those in the world who want to be in power so they can dictate to and control others must be stopped. If we had not stopped men like Hitler, where would this world be today?
Freedom is not free but comes with a hefty price tag. Get used to it!
Lost Ball, nobody is disputing the fact that we need a military. You are right in that our country’s freedom and soverignty is being threatened and attacked; but it is the treasonous executive and administrative branches of government that is eroding our freedom. He who gives up freedom for security deserves neither. If the islamic radicals goal is to turn this country into a police state dictatorship, then they’ve accomplished their mission beautifully (this is what the hidden hand bankers and lawyers really wanted all along to integrate the U.S. into the coming New World Order as per the Illuminati). Look up PNAC, nafta superhighway, chemtrails, U.S. concentration camps, U.N. troops on our soil, E.L.F., blackproject government, secret underground bases, . . . ad nausium. The list goes on and on. B.T.W. Hitler was just a pawn financed by the Rothchilds to DESTROY Germany’s culture from within because the German people were catching on that the Jewish bankers were taking over their economy. The real Holocaust is what the U.S. troops did to occupied Germany and what Stalin did to the Ukrainiuns and his own people. The Holocaust was HIPED by the Jewish bankers for the “poor us” effect so the world would look the other way while Palestine was invaded to establish a new nation. Hisorians and researchers are silenced through incarceration and cohersion to keep quiet. Look up Ernst Zundel.
Lots of tempers flaring on this one…interesting.
I will agree that a youth marketing campaign for the military is probably a bad way to go. I know how impressionable I was as a highschool student (hell, it was only 3 years ago I graduated) and I remember how recruiters through highschool ALMOST got me a couple of times. The truth as I see it is that any well infromed person who knows how the military is being used today, and knows the web of lies and propaganda put forth to start a war we as Americans don’t actually support has really no excuse for joining.
It’s suprizing to that even with recruitment numbers falling, these people are GOOD at what they do. One of my friends from college, a great pacifist, loyal friend, hippie to the very core, was so desperate for the 40,000 promised him in the Montgomery GI bill that he was roped in by a navy recruiter. A word of advise to any of you who want to stop your friends from making this mistake. Tell them:
Needing money for college is no reason to put a gun to someone’s head.
Don’t get me wrong guys, if some other sovereign nation were to militarily attack the United States on our ground, Strap a rifle on my back and ship me to the front. BUT THAT IS SIMPLY NOT THE CASE TODAY.
…Iraq and Iran are problems and threats….My foot is a threat…
Even high schoolers understand this mess.
thanks for the article.
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Antiborg/Shlomo the Jew,
Page number please.
Aaron,
You appear to be one of the only people who has a clue on here. Kudos my man!
AntiBorg,
http://www.third-reich-books.com/x-566-hitler-bungling-amateur-or-military-genius.htm
Aaron, I perfectly understand very well all you are talking about, and you are right. The problem is, what are we to do when more of our country is attacked by these radicals from other countries who are bent on destroying U.S. We need an army ready to move on these people at a moments notice. If I remember correctly from my history class, these people were called “minutemen” because they were ready in a minute. We can’t just sit back and not be ready to protect ourselves. I am not for going out and starting trouble but I am for defending our soverignty and our constitution. Some have called this country a “melting pot”. I think of it more as a bowl of fruits and nuts. If our founding fathers were alive to see what is happening in this country today they would be appalled. They’re coming to America! they’re not going to Mexico, China, Japan, Germany, Africa or Iran or Iraq. We have the best thing going on the planet … and everyone knows it and are jealous.
I know I have mixed up some different thoughts and ideas here but I was venting.
As someone who has worked with teens for years, i can tell you firsthand that the “needing money for college” because no other option exists is the main reason so many join the forces.
By the way, i will always be in “Thomas Paine’s Corner” especially on the 4th of July. Paine could not be more relevant today. See “History’s Hit Job on Thomas Paine”:
http://killbigotry.blogspot.com/2007/07/historys-hit-job-on-thomas-paine.html
I said it once and I’ll say it again - look up the list above - PAGE 358 of Vol. II
Join (the U.S.) or Die.
Soon you will all be destroyed.
I have seen many of my students enter the military service for a number of reasons. Some believe the educational hype…some are swayed by the enlistment bonus…but many have no direction and the military does offer training and a place to go besides the street. We are living in an age where many parents no longer instill respect of others, respect of property, responsibility of oneself or others. At least in the military there is a chance to learn responsibility for oneself, perhaps a trade, maybe even a career, as well as a chance to see some of the world and understand their options in life a bit better.
pretend you are gay. end of story. the military hasn’t budged on its stance on “no gays in the service”. so theres an out for anyone in the armed forces. plain and simple, say you are gay, you are home the next plane out.
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