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May 21, 2006
When GI Joe Says No
"How can the peace movement draw more Iraq War veterans into its ranks?, asks a good article in The Nation this week. The answer: "It can begin by understanding the socioeconomic realities of the all-volunteer military."
Yep. Amen to that idea.
Most of America's warriors are young men and women from small towns and urban ghettos who have no real options in life. They can try and raise their kids on McJob wages in the civilian economy or they can enlist and role the dice in the ruling classes' death lottery and see if they make it through to retirement without being killed or dismembered.
Posted by Ali Massoud at May 21, 2006 11:07 PM
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