Posted on 11/02/2006 4:30:07 AM PST by maggief
WASHINGTON - During a Vietnam-era run for Congress three decades ago, John Kerry said he opposed a volunteer Army because it would be dominated by the underprivileged, be less accountable and be more prone to "the perpetuation of war crimes."
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In 1972, as he ran for the House, he was less apologetic in his comments about the merits of a volunteer army. He declared in the questionnaire that he opposed the draft but considered a volunteer army "a greater anathema."
"I am convinced a volunteer army would be an army of the poor and the black and the brown," Kerry wrote. "We must not repeat the travesty of the inequities present during Vietnam. I also fear having a professional army that views the perpetuation of war crimes as simply 'doing its job.'
"Equally as important, a volunteer army with our present constitutional crisis takes accountability away from the president and put the people further from control over military activities," he wrote.
(Excerpt) Read more at kansascity.com ...
those comments in this article made by jon cary, are racist and hateful implying only black and brown people would be volunteering?
there is our true racist, the democrat party. they hold down the minorities while they lie to them and tell them fables of their greatness, pointing the fingers at the republicans.
Deceitful B!@%A$#@.
Wow, even in his youth he was uglyyyyyyy.
"John Kerry has been deserving of having his past comments thoroughly examined for years now.
It didn't happen nearly enough in 2004; This week I see more of it happening. I think he apologized yesterday because he realized the Pandora's box from the past was beginning to open and he thought the apology might slam the lid shut.
Surprised to see this in the AP today. Looks like some are tired of defending him."
I would love to have a list of Kerry's anti-military remarks he has made through the years with the dates. Does anyone have one or know where I can get one? Thanks!
"Now that I think of it, I wonder if some media will continue this exposing of Kerry's past in order to weaken him for '08 in order to clear the way for the Queen Bee."
In which case, the Kerry - Clinton connections will need to be exposed. Put them both out of 'business'! If her name were Hillary Smith, she'd be a nobody senator with a less than nothing chance of becomming president. Her only 'clout' is her name.
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Dec2005/20051205_3547.html
* Myth 1: Military recruits are less educated and have fewer work alternatives than other young Americans.
In fact, military recruits are far better educated than the general youth population, Carr said. More than 90 percent of recruits have a high school diploma, compared to about 75 percent of the U.S. youth population.
That's an important issue to the military, Carr said, because a traditional high school diploma is the single best indicator of a recruit's stick-to-it-ness and likelihood of successfully adjusting to military service. Recruits with a high school diploma have a 70 percent probability of completing a three-year enlistment versus a 50 percent chance for nongraduates.
The military has exceeded the 90-percent benchmark for recruits with high school diplomas every year since 1983, Carr noted.
* Myth 2: The military tends to attract people with lower aptitudes.
Recruits actually have much higher average aptitudes than the general youth population, Carr said. In fiscal 2005, 67 percent of recruits scored above the 60th percentile on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery. The test is designed so that the average young person will score 50 percent, he explained.
But high achievement on the test isn't new, Carr said. Sixty percent of new enlistees have scored at or above the 50 percentile -- the military's benchmark for recruits -- every year since 1985.
* Myth 3: The military attracts a disproportionate number of poor or underprivileged youth.
In reality, military recruits mirror the U.S. population and are solidly middle class, Carr said. He cited a recent Heritage Foundation report that shows most recruits come from middle-class families, rather than poorer or wealthier ones. Patterns in recent years reinforce this trend, showing a slight dip in recruits from lower socioeconomic groups and a slight increase from upper-class groups, Carr said.
* Myth 4: A disproportionate number of recruits come from urban areas.
Inner cities are actually the most underrepresented area among new recruits, Carr said. Both suburban and rural areas are overrepresented, he said.
* Myth 5: The military isn't geographically representative of America.
The southern part of the United States generates the most recruits, 41 percent, but also has the biggest youth population to draw from, 36 percent, Carr said. Twenty-four percent of recruits come from north-central regions, which have 23 percent of the youth population. The west, with 24 percent of the nation's youth, contributes 21 percent of the new enlistees. And the northeast, with 18 percent of the youth population, provides 14 percent of new recruits.
Clearing up misconceptions about military recruits paints a truer picture of the young men and women joining the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, and the capabilities they bring to their respective services, Carr said. It also reinforces what Carr said military leaders have recognized all along: "There's enormous talent in their midst," he said.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/cda05-08.cfm
For that petulant retard, I'd suggest selling him to some cannibals.
BUMP!
Can't we waterboard him first? ;)
You could, but if he's in the water, the eskimos might get him before the cannibals.
"Oh say, does that John eFing Kerry yet botch jokes
Oer the votes of the poor, and the black, and the brown!"
Prove alot to me about John Kerry he didn't want serve with African americans and Latinos army volunteer well that he saying here between the lines
Top of this thread just reported on Fox! On the heels of the 'breaking' story about Seymore Hersch speaking out.
Im pleased to see the KC Star is keeping the story alive..
Im pleased to see the KC Star is keeping the story alive..
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