I think #1 is probably true. I think that #2 is ludicrous, given all the combat some of us see (and participate in) on the streets on a daily basis. I think that we are tired of the BS that the government shovels us on a daily basis. Too many folk believe that the war in Iraq is not for genuine purposes to put their life on the line for it. I think that we just recognize that a little more than other folks.
An army recruiter called me and asked me to recruit just before I finished my BS in electrical engineering. I laughed at him and gently explained to him that I would be a fool to sign up, risk my life for ya'll cocamamie (ok, I can't spell that word) crap about why we have to go to war only to make like $8 a day when a sister like me was about to easily clear 50,000 a year, straight out of school and I wouldn't have to get up before the chickens to do so! He couldn't understand it. I think there is alot of brainwashing with recruiters. They really believe all of that be all you can be stuff that they shovel potential recruits.
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Originally posted by Phasad1913
http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid...S_Armed_Forces
The Army says fewer young Blacks are recruitable nowadays. They cite two reasons:
1. Blacks are in more opposition to the war in general and, therefore, don't want to go.
2. Blacks fear combat.
The article also talks about women and the lack of availibility and willingness but I am interested in what their studies have shown regarding Blacks.
Does this seem accurate to you all? Is this an adequate representation of the sentiment out there in your opinion?
Would you be able to be recruited?
How much does your sentiment about the war have to do with your sense of patriotism?
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