Military readiness winger asks Dear Leader to call for men to volunteer

Elaine Donnelly, your demi-god's Big Overseas Adventures iare the reason young men are running as fast as they can from Bush's military recruiters.

The Center for Military Readiness mouthpiece is concerned that the heavy-handed tactics of recruiters trying to find warm bodies.

Center for Military Readiness (CMR) president Elaine Donnelly says she is disturbed by the recent report from the General Accountability Office (GAO) that indicates misconduct by military recruiters is on the rise because of the grueling pressure to recruit young troops to go into the armed services and possibly into combat. According to the report, recruiters have resorted to strong-arm tactics, including harassment and falsification of documents, all to satisfy the demand for more recruits.

...if the military is definitely finding multiple substantiated cases of wrongdoing among recruiters, Donnelly feels there is something President Bush can do to help. "That is, the president needs to publicly ask [eligible Americans], especially young men, to volunteer for military service," she says. "I think the president, in a very straightforward way, should address young men of this nation and say, 'Your nation needs you.'

"The president has not done this," the head of the CMR adds, "and yet we're in the middle of a war. I think young people would indeed respond if he did."

Hey now, the Yellow Elephants and strapping young College Republicans haven't said anything about wanting to serve. They plan on doing their part from their keyboards and little keg rallies.

How about these memorable quotes:

By the time I encountered Cory Bray, a towering senior from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, the beer was flowing freely. "The people opposed to the war aren't putting their asses on the line," Bray boomed from beside the bar. Then why isn't he putting his ass on the line? "I'm not putting my ass on the line because I had the opportunity to go to the number-one business school in the country," he declared, his voice rising in defensive anger, "and I wasn't going to pass that up."

-- from Max Blumenthal's piece, "Generation Chickenhawk," in The Nation, interviewing Young College Republicans about why they aren't enlisting.

But wait, there's more...

And besides, being a College Republican is so much more fun than counterinsurgency warfare. Bray recounted the pride he and his buddies had felt walking through the center of campus last fall waving a giant American flag, wearing cowboy boots and hats with the letters B-U-S-H painted on their bare chests. "We're the big guys," he said. "We're the ones who stand up for what we believe in. The College Democrats just sit around talking about how much they hate Bush. We actually do shit."

When 25-year-old candidate Mike Davidson emerged in the center of the room, the party fell to a hush. "Does everybody know why we're here today?" Davidson asked his supporters, who had huddled around him.

"Beer!" someone shouted. The crowd exploded with laughter.

They're ready to suit up!