Beware of military recruiters
As a graduating student from the
University, I feel privileged to be the
next phone number that is dialed to
ask for money, the next e-mail ad
dress that is spammed for surveys,
and more ironically, the current ha
rassee of the sad plight of a local
army recruiter.
Forget the signature hounds inter
rupting the useless fart-cramming I'm
trying to do on the way to class; Sgt.
Ryan of the U.S. Army would like to
_ talk to me
about the
"end1 ess ed
ucation and
_ career op
portunities
the Army has to offer!" While I can't
argue that everyone in the Army is no
doubt getting an education, I can't
help but wonder if this is the kind
they signed up for.
"Mr. Ryan," I say, "please take me
off your list, as there is no way in hell
I'm joining any branch of the mili
tary! " Sure that this would fend him
off, I had my finger on the hang-up
button ready to get on with my day.
"Why do you hate the military?"
he barked, catching me off guard.
Not having remembered using the
COMMENTARY
word "hate" in my previous sen
tence, I stumbled as I usually do with
irrational telemarketers trying to
change my mind. "What do you
mean, why do I hate the military?
Look at everything that is going on
overseas! Like I would ever work for
a commander in chief who has trou
ble forming sentences!" Flashes of a
bumper sticker reading, "No one
died when Clinton lied" were vivid
now, and all I could do was cut Sgt.
Ryan off and vow to file suit when he
called me again.
It's spring now in our beautiful
troubled town of Eugene. Our current
identity crisis is only looking to get
worse if the likes of Nancy Nathanson
receives the anti-progressive mayoral
torch. We are sheltered somewhat, of
the atrocities being committed by our
fellow Americans, and military re
cruiters are trying to rally the ignorant
and unaware, even in Eugene, to join
their disgusting "crusade."
Well, Mr. Ryan, I won't go! I will be
the best patriot I know and fight for my
country with thought and leadership
rather than testosterone and a $400
billion purse. I will pray that those I
love who chose the military under a
non war-mongrel leader will
not be drawn into the fruitless
slaughter, maliciously guided by a
spoiled "C" student! 1 am not fooled
by Fox News. And though liberalism is
under attack, even in our pseudo-pro
gressive community, 1 am proud to be
left-wing and to call the "right" wrong!
Adrienne Stuart is a senior majoring
in education.
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