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'Counter-recruiters' Shadowing the Military
USA Today via Yahoo ^ | 3-8-2005 | Rick Hampson

Posted on 03/08/2005 12:38:04 PM PST by Pendragon_6

Edited on 03/08/2005 12:40:21 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

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TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: counterrecruiters; hateamericafilth; hatingamerica; legitimatetargets; littleeichmanns; theenemy; traitors; within
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the neo-communist, left-wing liberal insurgency's latest attack on our military
1 posted on 03/08/2005 12:38:08 PM PST by Pendragon_6
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To: Pendragon_6

They forget it was originally HIS choice to join before the brainwashers got a hold of him.


2 posted on 03/08/2005 12:40:57 PM PST by One Proud Son
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To: Pendragon_6
How is this group getting names of recruits? Is recruitment information open to the public?

Are high school and college campuses allowing Vets for Peace to speak but shutting the door on Military Recruiters?

3 posted on 03/08/2005 12:42:25 PM PST by mrs tiggywinkle
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To: Pendragon_6

Is that even Legal?


4 posted on 03/08/2005 12:46:14 PM PST by Samurai_Jack (ride out and confront the evil!)
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To: Pendragon_6

What, exactly, is "sedition"?


6 posted on 03/08/2005 12:50:52 PM PST by jdege
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Same old military stereotypes from the American Left: that military recruits "are the refuse of society, too poor and too stupid to do anything else". How sad, but then ignorance is the hallmark of modern liberalism.


7 posted on 03/08/2005 12:58:24 PM PST by HolgerDansk ("Oh Bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round.)
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To: Pendragon_6

This is a strange story. Every day I get more informed about the left, their tactics and their goals.


9 posted on 03/08/2005 1:00:07 PM PST by 68skylark
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Veterans for Peace has been working at getting into the schools up here in Maine to counter recruiting in the guidance office of the schools. What kind of people are these folks? When they took over the Senators office in Bangor they wore adult diapers in order to have the ability to stay in the office for a prolonged period of time.
10 posted on 03/08/2005 1:02:53 PM PST by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghanistan Honor Roll students.)
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Eric Peters is an anti-war organizer in Chicago.... He says some administrators think counter-recruiters are unpatriotic....

LOL! What could give them that idea??

11 posted on 03/08/2005 1:05:44 PM PST by 68skylark
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They're allowed on campus to counter the Draft. We have no Draft. Toss these Hippies out!


12 posted on 03/08/2005 1:06:24 PM PST by massgopguy (massgopguy)
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To: Pendragon_6

When I was recruiting, the counter-recruiters were called Guidance Counselors

They talked more kids out of careers in the military and into the fast food industry than I care to think about


13 posted on 03/08/2005 1:07:01 PM PST by 5Madman2 (DemocRATS are Vermin)
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When I was recruiting, the counter-recruiters were called Guidance Counselors.

Yeah, you make a good point. Liberal (unpatriotic) guidance counselors and teachers probably have a thousand times the influence as these "counter recruiters" do.

14 posted on 03/08/2005 1:10:43 PM PST by 68skylark
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Is that even Legal?

I heard of laws against interfering with a Federal official in the performance of his duties, and I believe a similar law was used to prosecute Scientologists who stole government information. It is doubtful, however, that this Administration has the "stones" to prosecute anyone, knowing that the Left-Wing MSM will surely condemn them for attempting to suppress free speech.

15 posted on 03/08/2005 1:12:36 PM PST by pawdoggie
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To: Pendragon_6
Everyday the left sinks to new lows to undermine the military.

some military recruiters make promises they can't guarantee, such as money for college or training in a particular specialty, and give misleading descriptions of military life.

So what if recuruiters do this? Car salesmen, real estate agenst, and most other salesmen say untrue stuff to sell their product too, and no one calls them and makes an "Anti" group against them.

Murphy helped convince him that he could go to college to pursue his interest in criminal justice, and that there was no guarantee he'd get his request for assignment to military police. For another, he's worried about combat in Iraq.

Worried about combat in Iraq!!?? Why was he going to join the military if he was worried about combat duty? That's why you join the military, to defend this country.


If I saw these counter-recuriters I would have an incredible urge to beat the living crap out of them for what they are doing.
16 posted on 03/08/2005 1:16:32 PM PST by armyman (I'm may not agree with what you say, but I will sacrifice everything to defend your right to say it.)
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To: Pendragon_6
How insane. To a certain extent I'm all for it.

Joining the military is a lot like getting married. If you can be talked out of it, then it's probably best you are talked out of it.

Especially people that want to join for the college money or some other selfish reason. I'd rather work with less people who's motives I can trust, than have to drag in mercenaries to fill slots.

Perhaps at some point, we'll be able to drop all the PC social engineering crap and work on the real problems that are so detrimental to retention, and let the military be a warrior culture again. Until then, I hope these counter recruiters keep those that can be talked out of defending their country out of the services.

17 posted on 03/08/2005 1:17:33 PM PST by Steel Wolf (Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules. Mark it zero, Dude.)
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Jim Murphy is a "counter-recruiter," one of a small but growing number of opponents of the Iraq war who say they want to compete with military recruiters for the hearts and minds of young people

Who pays these people>

18 posted on 03/08/2005 1:40:06 PM PST by Mike Darancette (MESOCONS FOR RICE '08)
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To: Pendragon_6

To be honest, anyone who can be talked out of joining the military by a group of leftist weirdos is perhaps better left outside our military. Much of the whining of late is due to these type anyway.


19 posted on 03/08/2005 1:43:12 PM PST by Saberwielder
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To: 68skylark

I couldn't believe some of the things I saw-

Talking kids into basket weaving courses at 2 year community colleges, just so they could maintain good stats for how many kids went on to college

The Military was for losers, dropouts and GEDs in their minds.

I have less use for Guidance counselors than I do for Telemarketers


20 posted on 03/08/2005 2:11:35 PM PST by 5Madman2 (DemocRATS are Vermin)
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