BDN’s editorial was completely fair to all sides. I wonder how King will respond to it?
"Admittedly, Iraq has changed assumptions about signing up for military service: seemingly endless tours of duty, few opportunities to learn skills while patrolling violence-prone neighborhoods, and, of course, the very real risk of injury or death. And it is the young, poor, rural and inner-city recruits who end up wounded or dead."
The writer forgets or neglects to consider the very real opportunities for continuing education that is always being actively encouraged. Additionally the discipline that the recruits gain is for most a skill unavailable elsewhere. Finally, that last sentence in the quote is simply inexcusable and a mere update of the Vietnam War canard.