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Our military recruiting the nations economically vulnerable. (Original Post) Duncanpup Thursday OP
Always has. And during the draft, it was always the poorest who ended up.in Nam. sinkingfeeling Thursday #1
Conscription by poverty. (nt) Heidi Thursday #2
so what else is new? this has been done by every nation since the dawn of time. nt Javaman Thursday #3
Maybe it is time to quit kissing the wealthy's *ss Stargazer99 Thursday #4
I wish that were the case. OldBaldy1701E Thursday #5
As long as poverty is continually perpetuated by the rich Javaman Thursday #9
The image of a daughter in a relationship with someone who doesn't provide.... 70sEraVet Thursday #6
Poor kids took all the enlistments? Norrrm Thursday #7
Kick, kick, kick! Heidi Thursday #8

70sEraVet

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6. The image of a daughter in a relationship with someone who doesn't provide....
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 08:14 AM
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food, shelter, healthcare -- basic needs -- is eye-opening.

Norrrm

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7. Poor kids took all the enlistments?
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 08:14 AM
Thursday

He and Quayle, DeLay explained to the assembled media in New Orleans, were victims of an unusual phenomenon back in the days of the undeclared Southeast Asian war. So many minority youths had volunteered for the well-paying military positions to escape poverty and the ghetto that there was literally no room for patriotic folks like himself. Satisfied with the pronouncement, which dumbfounded more than a few of his listeners who had lived the sixties, DeLay marched off to the convention.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/chatterbox/1999/05/what_did_you_do_in_the_war_hammer.html

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