Comments on: Lockdown at Minneapolis military recruiting offices goes unchallenged

By: angery1

angery1 — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:12:38 +0000

look, if you don’t want to be in a war you dont go to your recruiting office you need to write a letter to congress or to the white house. do you think that the soldiers or any armed forces member want to go to war? no one wants to be at war we would all like to maintain the peace. the iraq war is a very unpopular one, was that the recruiters fault? recruiters are only doing what they are told to do and that is to find the best and the brightest to serve in our armed forces. so many people are ignorant and want to blame the armed services for what happens over there. they are all just doing their jobs so stop protesting at the recruiting offices they are doing their jobs and we support whatever decisions that are enforced to us. stop making their lives harder than it already is.

By: foodbomb

foodbomb — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:44:31 +0000

There is something to be said for all “terrorists” alike. Don’t you know who we’re fighting? The children of those who we pillaged in the gulf war. A war that we instigated by handing out chemical weapons and educating Saddam’s forces on how to further produce them. This is not a defence of freedom–no one threatened it! This is a very common pattern of American behavior that must be stopped. Our wars are a result of military foreign aid for the profeit of a few (Cheyney, Bush, Rumsfeld and their respecive commitees to name some). This imperialization is just another manifest destiny constucted from greed, propaganda and fear constructs.

3,000 lost in 01′
This is unacceptable, but so too is the mass of retaliation. The civilian deaths in Iraq and Afganistan far exceeded that by just December!! Not to mention another 3000 soldiers who’s lives were sensisly tossed away(I of course mean no offence and often wheep..). A soldiers life is worth about 6,000 USD to the government. And we need not discuss how much racism this profiteering is contributing to all people in the east..

By: spamman

spamman — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:52:09 +0000

4 years in the Marines would do these dipshits more good then they know. Enjoy your freedom !!!!!!!!!!!

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 05 May 2009 10:36:46 +0000

What a bunch of clowns. First off, Jordan. Take a good look at the recruiting offices. They recruit officers. Those enlisting there pretty much have diploma in hand. If not, they go to an enlisted/non-com office. They aren’t some “poor kid” from the ghetto with no way out, but I will say, military service for that “kid from the ghetto” would do him a world of good versus becoming a street hood and prison resident.
Next, to you pathetic losers that protested. I don’t have an issue with your protest, I have an issue how you carried it out. You insult every veteran, myself included by forcibly denying access to these facilities. You have an issue with the war, not an issue. But the very people that you prevent walking through those doors protect your right to assembly. I would not have batted an eye had you not locked yourselves to the door.
Frank, thank you for your service. However, you are wrong. This country needs a military to defend itself and project power. Denying access to recruiting offices or shutting them down is an extremely naive’ attitude. You yourself took an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign or domestic. Or did you forget that part?

By: Mister W

Mister W — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:11:37 +0000

I think reality is doing a better job than these protesters at discouraging kids to sign up for military stints. With almost 2/3 of our soldiers coming back with mental or physical problems that will either end up A) costing us millions of dollars to give the proper care to these veterans, or B) causing us to ignore the problems to save the millions of dollars. Either alternative doesn’t sound to welcome to me.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:56:57 +0000

“you have to act no matter how much of a sacrifice it is.”

Quite the sacrifice. The irony of this whole situation is the protesters go to a school that costs 30k a year. I agree that something needs to be done about recruitment offices, and especially their allure to underprivileged young persons, but this self-aggrandizing grandstanding is useless. Leave it to the SDS to make us all look like jackasses.

By: Failfan

Failfan — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:02:17 +0000

Can I have permission to send these photos to FAILblog.org?

By: person

person — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:03:31 +0000

maddmedic, does it hurt your head to be that confused?

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:09:02 +0000

We have jobs, some of us have two or three, but when you believe in something, you have to act no matter how much of a sacrifice it is.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:05:32 +0000

the two lock downs were actually two different groups, with some cross-over of participants. the one on washington was done by macalester sds, while the brooklyn center group was unaffiliated with any organization that includes several non-students.