In response to the Wednesday letter about recruiting on campuses, (“Better to draft than deceive”), the author fails to explain how a recruiter might deceive someone. What does she think they tell kids the military is for? Job training? Frolicking on foreign beaches while sipping exotic drinks?
The fact is, the military is there for one purpose, and anyone joining owes it to themselves to understand that before signing their name. To cast dispersions on recruiters, who wear their uniforms just as proudly as the rest of the armed forces, by saying they can only recruit by deception is despicable. Besides, I would much rather have someone next to me in a foxhole who willingly joined to serve his country, rather than someone who was forced to.
Lastly, if we are to use as our standard the prospect of death, emotional trauma and life changing physical disabilities, as reasons for protecting our children from recruiters, then we must also rule out teenage driving, college fraternity/sorority recruiting and even high school sports – all of which could result in the same consequences as joining the military.
Michael Wood
Marysville
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