In December, World Can’t Wait brought several veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam into the classrooms of 1200 high school students in the We Are Not Your Soldiers Tour.
Leading up to Thursday, March 19, the sixth anniversary of “Shock & Awe” on Iraq, we are going to more schools with more veterans, more reality, and more urgency.
The 92,000 additional troops President Obama is urging to “serve and sacrifice” are mostly in high school now. We need your help to get to them. The vets need stipends and travel funding. Dozens of schools are waiting.
But, we are not waiting. As an example of what can and must be done to challenge military recruiting, we went on a “field trip” Monday, on the President’s Day holiday, to the Army Experience in Franklin Mills, PA. This new $12 million video facility has replaced 5 military recruiting centers, and preys on youth northeast of Philadelphia.
There are state of the art video games and battle simulators for kids to play…once their contact information is given to the recruiters. Students and activists had a chance to learn about the center, from the inside, and counter the massive publicity that this new Army program is getting.
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Glad to see students work for peace, you have a TALENT that God gave you, USE that talent to make another laugh, uplift, inspire. Forget killing, violence and like.
In a climate where the “antiwar” movement seems to be ok with a continuation of the war in Iraq and an escalation of the war in Afghanistan, it’s good to see ANYone working for peace!
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