Posted by
cehwiedel on Monday, November 13, 2006 5:32:38 PM
In a recent statement,
House Speaker-in-waiting Nancy Pelosi characterized our engagement in Iraq this way:
The point is this isn’t a war to win, it’s a situation to solve.
But in a recent press release that contained the text of her letter to Francis J. Harvey, Secretary of the Army
, California's junior Senator, Barbara Boxer, railed at alledged misleading tactics used by Army recruiters:I am writing to express my deep dismay over new evidence that Army
recruiters are providing grossly misleading information to potential
recruits in an effort to convince them to enlist.
According
to an ABC News report, nearly half of the recruiters profiled in an
undercover investigation knowingly provided misleading information to
potential recruits about the risks of enlisting in the U.S. Army. In
one particularly shocking clip of the investigation, a recruiter is
seen telling a recruit that the United States is “not at war,” and that
the “war ended a long time ago.” Another is seen telling a recruit that
“we are bringing people back” from Iraq.
This is not only a disservice to the potential recruit, but a shocking abuse of authority and the public trust.
Senator Boxer must believe that whatever we're doing in Iraq is war, or she couldn't accuse the Army recruiters of misleading potential recruits.
So, perhaps, the communication lines between Senate and House need the static cleaned up.
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