convicted felons enlist in Army, Marines; Air Force not doing enough...

[Xipe Totec]

Yea, you heard right. In the same day that this report comes out:

More convicted felons allowed to enlist in Army, Marines

WASHINGTON - Under pressure to increase their numbers, the Army and Marine Corps have sharply raised the number of recruits with felony convictions they are admitting to the services.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080421/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/military_felons_2

This report also comes out:

Pentagon chief: Air Force not doing enough

WASHINGTON (AP) — In unusually blunt terms, Defense Secretary Robert Gates today challenged the Air Force, whose leaders are under fire on several fronts, to contribute more to immediate wartime needs and to promote new thinking.

(snip)

The Air Force also has been involved in a pair of embarrassing nuclear-related mistakes, and Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne, the service's top civilian, was compelled to issue a public statement last month disowning a public remark by a senior general that suggested the Air Force was at odds with the Bush administration over money in the proposed 2009 budget for F-22 stealth fighters.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080421/NATION/613407841/1002

Though the Pentagon Chief was talking about using more drones, it occurs to me that some of those convicts could go into the Air Force.

That way, maybe, they don't have to teach them to land the planes...

[FirstLight]

1. Are they taking actual prisoners???

Or are they taking people who have been released, and have a record?

[Xipe Totec]

2. Ex-cons, for the moment.... nt

[FirstLight]

5. rats....

It sounds crazy, but my ex is in the pen...I'd be glad to see him put in "harm's way" for sure! But I shudder to think of atrocities he'd commit though... :(

[Bobbieo]

3. Isnt it time to seriously consider re-instating the draft?

[VP505]

4. Maybe they think

most of them won't come back so it doesn't matter. What kind of problems are they setting the country up for when a bunch of ex-cons come back with serious PTSD issues and little or no mental health care? Scary thought, to say the least.

[Xipe Totec]

6. and weapons training

don't forget, they'll come back fully trained killing machines.

[FirstLight]

7. Youknow, if they bomb Iran w/nukes, you could be right

...ex-cons would be an expendable army, and would help with "eliminating" them, too. Not to mention it would free up space stateside for more prisoners here, eh? :scared:

[msongs]

8. military recruits gang criminals and brainwashes them to become fundy christian...gang criminals nt