Family Values

(Note: remember this blog is moving to a new home at: Against the Madness.)

Browsing Daily Kos this afternoon led me to this article on Military Recruiting. Apparently, the Army and the Marines are shifting their recruiting efforts from the young people to their parents. They will pursue the "trust and attention" of these parents by means of "grassroots initiatives and multi-million-dollar advertising campaigns".

Studies done for the Army show that parents are the single biggest obstacle to recruiting. Imagine that!

One study, by GfK Custom Research, found that when potential recruits were asked who was the most influential in their decison, 81% listed their mothers. The study urged the Army to "Reach the parents with the Army's new message, particularly moms."

So, the Army and the Marines, under the command of Bush via Rumsfeld will work to further 'family values' by spending millions of dollars on a PR campaign to convince us that we should encourage our children to become cannon fodder. This is outrageous. For following our instincts and trying to protect our children, we will suffer an assault of TV ads, direct mailings and HOME VISITS??? Am I the only one who thinks this is nuts?

The reason that recruiting goals aren't being met is that the military is being misused! Lots of parents (and their kids) can see the waste these fascist leaders of ours are perpetrating on our military and our country. It's only a sensible decision not to enlist when chaos seems so imminent.

The problem is not so much the casualties but fact that those casualties were suffered for ill defined or non-existent reasons. I really believe that, if the country were pursuing a foreign policy that most were invested in, recruiting wouldn't be a problem. But that would require a democracy.

So, if you value your family (family values) keep them the hell out of the military until this fascist regime is no longer in power! And watch out for PRopaganda in your mailbox, on your TV or at your front door!