I wonder if Dear Abby would also recommend that girls see videos of abortion procedures and aborted fetuses prior to having an abortion.
I think you should write in and say exactly what you've said here. Horrible response by Dear Abby....but I'm not longer surprised by anything.
--here's the link to protest--
--http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/dearabby_form.html
As soon as I read this I thought, she's gonna catch a ton of flack. Wonder if she'll print it.
Give the vets more credit than that - I believe they would welcome the opportunity to present their side of things to youngsters who are looking to follow in their footsteps. Their words of wisdom might not have the impact that mommy would want.
"Contact your nearest veterans hospital and inquire about you and your children paying some visits and volunteering to help wounded vets. It may be a sobering experience"
Yes. I may be a 'sobering experience.'
One in which the kids just might be more inclined to join up when they see and talk to the real heroes of this country.
Dear Abby, I am a veteran of foreign wars and was wondering if it is okay to choke the living $#%% out of ignorant columnists who dispense anti-American nonsense?
I work on one of the leading military websites, we found a stat that said less then 3% of those enlisted see combat.
My mom was a 60's liberal. My dad was in the Army. They marched in San Francisco with a black arm band around my arm when I was one. They both volunteered for McGovern. I wanted to be in the Navy since I was 6. Served for 13 years. God has a sense of humor.
It is an appalling response. I was surprised Abby left out "for the oil" and "no WMD". Then on the other hand, the idea might very well backfire big time.
When the son interacts with all these magnificent men and women who have given so much, it might prove inspiring and be the tipping point whether he wants to do something with his life that matters or not. His parents clearly don't want him to do so.
I wonder if Mom and Dad here have ever considered that their kids are smarter than they are; that their kids see that college, at this point in their lives, would be nothing more than a continuation of the lefty claptrap indoctrination they've been getting in high school. My 16 year-old son has told me that he wants to look at the Coast Guard or the Navy after high school graduation. He's very smart, although not much of a student, but smart enough to realize that having "An Inconvenient Truth" shown in class is nonsense. I think a lot of these kids may be turning their backs on the crap they've been being fed and looking for "real stuff".
Clever of Abbey to make a suggestion that would seal
her twin's decision to join the military beyond all
doubt. Seeing those wounded vets ... [hearing them
speak about the love they have for their country as
well as their willingness to do it all over again for
the sake of freedom] ... will not help CLEVELAND MOM.
God bless her twins and may God have mercy on
CLEVELAND MOM'S soul.
I see nothing inherently wrong with Abby's recommendation.
Those considering such a serious decision should look at all sides of the issue.
Recruiters are essentially salesmen. Like all salesmen, they don't often stress the negatives of their "product." Before buying, one should consider other sources of information.
I would go Abby one better. Recommend the kids also volunteer to work with anti-war groups. The contrast between the wounded veterans and the anti-war groupies should result in both enlisting on their 18th birthday.
We are at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever
faced mankind, and if we lose that war, and in doing so
lose this way of freedom of ours, history will record with
the greatest astonishment that those who had the most to lose
did the least to prevent its happening.
- Ronald Reagan, 1964
The authors of the letter are the worst kind of liberal scum. They use and abuse the very freedoms they would refuse to defend .
Why are you offended?
Military is not for everyone; so a "lady" in Cleveland disagrees...more power to her....
Sounds like an College student's send-up letter to "Abby"...
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If the kids wanna be firemen do ya send em to the burn ward?
Do yall think these are real people? Not something I would do but hey...it's still a free country. I like her advise though. Who better than, our military to talk with them.