When Marine recruiters go way beyond the call (abduction, brainwashing)

[Shallah Kali]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/paynter/227497_paynter08.html

Axel's father, a Marine Corps vet who served in Vietnam, died when Axel was 4.

SNIP

"You don't want to be a burden to your mom," they told him. "Be a man." "Make your father proud." Never mind that, because of his own experience in the service, Marcia says enlistment for his son is the last thing Axel's dad would have wanted.

SNIP

Next thing Axel knew, the same sergeant and another recruiter showed up at the LaConner Brewing Co., the restaurant where Axel works. And before Axel, an older cousin and other co-workers knew or understood what was happening, Axel was whisked away in a car.

SNIP

At about 3:30 in the morning, Alex was awakened in the motel and fed a little something. Twelve hours later, without further sleep or food, he had taken a battery of tests and signed a lot of papers he hadn't gotten a chance to read. "Just formalities," he was told. "Sign here. And here. Nothing to worry about."

BTW does anyone remember the article about a mentally disabled young man who was shanghied? Did anyone find out where he is and get him out?

[salin]

1. Saw this item a few days ago... Conscription is back? Why do

these folks hate the Constitution?