I just saw snap shots of an L.A. ROTC weekend retreat that took place with 14 - 18 year olds. There were hundreds of young cadets in uniform at the event but my friend said there were only one or two "white" kids.
What is this? Where are the kids from Beverly Hills H.S.? The officers couldn't answer that question.
The social inequities involved in our military services place a deep wound on the moral "leadership" of this country like little else.
I do not want a universal draft, and of course, the rich and influential will always find ways to get out of their duty to our country, but at least we'd have some racial and ethnic equity--and we might start to care more about why we wage wars.
Peace.
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Bush can't send his twins in to battle for fear they would show him up.
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