Actually, young people already have the idea, Paul. The Air Force Times http://www.airforcetimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1930387.php reports that 40,000 have deserted (I wonder if it's higher). They say:
"Since 2000, about 40,000 troops from all branches of the military have deserted, the Pentagon says. More than half served in the Army. But the Army says numbers have decreased each year since the United States began its war on terror in Afghanistan...Those who help war resisters say desertion is more prevalent than the military has admitted...Joe Davis, spokesman for the Veterans of Foreign Wars, said deserters aren't traitors because they've done nothing to help America's enemies. " Here's a source of libertarian recruits. They already understand the socialists and the utter stupidity of war. Perhaps we should encourage them to become libertarians. Cheers! Just Ken Paul wrote: > Here's a better idea. Encourage all young people to stay out of the > military. Teach them not to become government employees which take > money out of the economy, and instead work for private industry to pay > for college. This will keep government smaller, will prevent our > youth from being sent into unconstitutional and completely unwarranted > wars like the war in Iraq, and will teach people self-reliance. > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:Libertarian%40yahoogroups.com>, "Eric Dondero Rittberg" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > One should encourage ALL young people to join the US Military, if > > for no other reason than to earn their college tuition, instead of > > having it given to them by the American taxpayer through Government > > Grants and Student Loans. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
