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I think that calling on ‘indoctrination’ to violence for “National Strength” is a red herring. People need to be responsible for their own behavior and not blame it on outside factors. Besides, where is this so called indoctrination? The military presence in Afghanistan and Iraq has been continually brought to question. If you want to see indoctrination, check North Korea. Another country to check would be Japan leading up to WWII.
No Ucodeng, comparing us to Japan and North Korea is a red herring and also the propaganda tool of pointing fingers at the other guy, any other guy as long as we don’t like them. How can you find the “indoctrination” here when you do that so that you can not see it? Afghanistan and Iraq are not it they are facilitated by it.
When is the last time we had a peaceful leader? I am not well versed in history but I know you have to go past the last DRAFT. Martin Luther King was there for a while. Ron Paul talks about “stopping being the police of the world” but who cares what Ron Paul says?
For the most part young children are indoctrinated into the acceptance violence and weapons and allegiance to the Flag, not direct militarism. Have you ever checked the toy section?Direct military indoctrination would have too many problems.That said, Why did my kid have a “freedom walk” on September 11th a few years back, lead by military people in uniform when he was in EAK, that’s four years old. The transition of the acceptance of violence to the military ramps up when kids are a little older. Maybe you don’t watch football. I saw a commercial last year recruiting kids by saying you can be as heroic as an NFL player by being a Marine Those amazing weapons that you can find in the toy aisle in miniature were proudly on display. Why do we have to see no less than 50 American flags every time a national politician is on TV talking for public consumption. Do we not know they are American?
Why does the BUSH, pass the “Respect for national fallen war “Heros” act” Instead of you can’t mess with dead people and their grieving families for any reason act? Military Propaganda is in families like religion. It is the fact that so much employment opportunity is controlled by the huge military industrial complex. It is almost everywhere.
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