Some of my freinds and I are going to this military update thing. There will be representatives from the air force, navy, marines, the army, and the reserves. Do you guys know some good questions we could ask them to ruffle a few feathers?
"I've heard that some military families are on food stamps, whats up with that?" "Do the soldiers that work with depleated uranium have to wear dosimiters?" Those are the only two that I can think of. If for some strange reason you end up enlisting, get all (I mean ALL) of the recruiter's promises about training and posting in writing and part of your enlistment contract.
1) Is breathing depleted uranium healthy? 2) Are experimental vaccinations healthy? 3) If I get my arms blown off, will my country see to it that I receive adequate treatment, or will I be swept under the rug like so many soldiers have? 4) Is old, broken military equipment of benefit to my safety? 5) Is stop-loss fun? 6) What's it like to rape and torture people? 7) What is it like to serve the great men who are the global-elite? 8) What do you have to say about the Henry Kissinger quote: "Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy." 9) Will George Bush serve me a photo-op Thanksgiving dinner? 10) Why is George Bush so great?
you might want to start with a simple thank you, to them and the ones that came before them. They are the reason you are free you shithead
Pfft...Rhetoric... You don't have to thank army recruiters for making you free. Those paticular people didn't fight for your independance. They are trying to convince children that the army is cool and they should go fight in an unnecessary war. You don't need to show any appreciation to an army recruiter. Ask them whatever you want, but don't feel any obligation to thank them. Just because an army has done good things in the past doesn't mean you must always support them regardless of any of their actions. But maybe if the ghost of George Washington came to your school you can start pulling out the appreciation though
Ask them how they feel about the fact that the Taliban/Bin Laden and Iraq/Saddam were both HEAVILY funded by the U.S. less than 20 years ago. Ask them why the U.S. aids absolutely brutal South American governments while suppressing gorillas fighting for the PEOPLE. I'd look up some facts, I don't them off hand (I do know these points are factual however), but there are plenty of good resources. If you want to ruffle the feathers, showing them that their own government funded the very people they are fighting against until said people stopped cooperating. (The U.S. also aided people such as Norriega in exchange for under-the-table drug money, and it is my belief that P. Escobar was targeted for so long because he refused to work with U.S., but there isn't much evidence on that one)
Those particular people may not have fought for your independence, but I doubt those particular people said that Iraq had WMDs either. Maybe you don't need to thank them specifically, but there's also no need to be an ass to them.
I wasn't supporting being an ass, I never even suggested it. I was just pointing out that the whole "thank them for your freedom" thing is simple rhetoric, something ment to tug at emotions without much rational or logical value. Like I said, just because a country's army has done good things in the past doesn't mean that every action they take is therefore good. There is nothing wrong with rufflin a few feathers. Keep them recruiters on their toes
