Chickenhawk Republicans Ask Themselves: Are We Hypocrites For Not Enlisting? [View All]

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Well, short answer: Yes. But read this hilarious Townhall article from a conservative who asserts that military enlistment standards are JUST TOO HIGH for most young college-age Republicans. Yes, that's right, all those priveleged, well-educated Republican kids are clearly inferior "physically...intellectually...morally" to the high-school dropout, juvenile-record, low-test-score working-class and poor kids who are being BRIBED with huge enlistment incentives to pad the desperate Army's recruitment numbers. Read, and laugh:

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By Lisa De Pasquale
Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Last week we got another glimpse of the Left’s true feelings about our troops. At a campaign breakfast in Iowa, anti-war Daily Kos diarist Rachel Griffiths asked Mitt Romney why none of his five sons enlisted in the military. It’s a popular form of “gotcha” that the Left likes to play in order to bring out their favorite cat call – Hypocrite!

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Romney was right to clarify his response. Unlike the Left, he recognizes the courage of service members and their families and acknowledged that serving in the military is a job like no other. Griffith’s implication is that anyone and everyone are qualified to be in the military. The Left doesn’t view them as a skilled group of people, but rather faceless place holders that were duped into joining the military. To be qualified, the Left insists that one must simply be over 18.

At the July 2007 National College Republican Committee Convention, whining wannabe journalist Max Blumenthal asked attendees why they weren’t fighting in Iraq. The college kids in his amateur ambush video fumbled with their words and gave medical excuses like asthma and bad knees. They were young, nervous and in front of a jerk holding a camera. Guilt isn’t necessary. The reality is that most of us wouldn’t make the cut.

Military recruitment was a hot topic when KVI talk radio host Kirby Wilbur broadcasted from the Young America’s Foundation’s national college conference in early August. A military recruiter called into the program to remind listeners that the military is, in fact, an exclusive club. The recruiter estimated that only 1 out of 5 prospective recruits qualify for military service. Most are either physically-challenged, intellectually-challenged or morally-challenged. Or in the case of Max Blumenthal, all three.

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Liberals’ incessant calls to draft every 18-year-old College Republican is tantamount to the disrespect they have for the military. They demand that every person who supports the war join the military or send their children. If they don’t, they’re hypocrites. This isn’t going to be a winning strategy for the Left...

--snip--http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LisaDePasquale/2007/08/15/are_we_hypocrites_for_not_enlisting?page=1


Yes, it is an insult to our military to insist they take College Republicans. The last thing the military wants is a "force" of yellow-bellied chickenhawks.