Eurtride you are not fooling anyone a troll is a troll regardless of the screen name they use.

people don’t like the idea of their child possibly being in a foreign country risking their life everyday.

You didn’t say what military.

Cite a link?

No? Cast your line in another pond, little troll.

Hey, how’s the weather in Teheran?

because their kids are being sent to a war that was based on lies…who can blame them?

Probably because they do not want to see their child die for a lie.

They don’t want their children to die.

I will go in their place!
I will enlist again.
I miss the Army everyday.

Military get your kid killed at this time, and most parents want to know if their son is planning to get himself killed.

That is, of course, a worst case scenario, but still a possibility. Parents don’t want anyone encouraging their son (or daughter) to go do something that may get them killed.

If they are angry it is their problem. It doesn’t matter how mad they are, at 19 their children are adults and can make their own choices as long as it doesn’t involve drinking alcohol.

I bet that they would be angrier if their kids didn’t have the option to tell recruiters no and were drafted instead because recruiters were outlawed….

this fish not biting thanks for the 2 points

Smells like Erudite again, you gave yourself away with the detroit references.

Human nature is for parents to want to protect their children. Serving in the military is dangerous and we all know it. So it would make sense if some parents would not look favorable on recruiters. On the positive side, there have been countless thousands who credit the military with changing their lives for the good and provided a structure that helped them grow emotionally and physically.

Because they don’t respect their child’s ability to make decisions, nor do they trust their own ability to instill the proper attitudes in their child.

If they had 18 years to convince the child of what was right, but the recruiter undid that in an hour’s conversation, then either the parents did a poor job, or the recruiter’s talk fit with what they were already taught.

Hi Erudite! Damn, you’re back down to level 1? I guess your account was finally deleted? Yikes!

I can’t see why they’d be mad, unless they treat their grown children like little babies.

You forgot to mention the four soldiers in Texas who committed suicide after being assigned to recruiter duty. I don’t feel too bad for kids who won’t grow up, but I feel pretty damned bad for good soldiers who felt it necessary to commit suicide for doing nothing more than their jobs. I feel bad for their families, too.

It’s pretty sick that Americans feel they have the right to tear into and belittle combat veterans who defend their freedom, because their puke 20 year old children can’t make a grown-up decision and stick with it…

The recruiters paint way to rosy a picture, then send a barrage of shit to the house (which I fill out with rude comments and send back). It’s not just 19 year olds, the recruiting starts in junior high. Why don’t these scumbags let the parents know when their going to be at a school? Because, they know parents would show up and try to stop the brainwashing tactics. If my son wants to join let him decide. Also, the recruiters collect personal info, and if a school refuses to let them in, the school looses federal funding. BULLSHIT.

As much as the Military can teach someone, it is still in human nature for parents to want their children avoiding the Military. But sometimes it is necessary, and is of importance.
The Military can teach you core life values such as teamwork, responsibility, just to name a couple. You gain respect from your fellow Americans (or whichever country your serving) by serving your country in the Military.
It is a risk, but the results are worth it.

i think its cz they say they have all these jobs and stuff and all they really want is you to be a bullet sponge for them.

Because the “everyday” parent (like me) knows this is an illegal attack on an irrelevant country, along with all the other war crimes committed by our insane “leader”. My daughter is in Iraq, they were shelled while eating dinner, what parent wants that?
I want her home for Christmas, not being shot at, and all for what?
An illegal attack on a country that had nothing to do with 911, where are our priorities.
bush has killed more Iraqi’s, than Saddam, and still thinks it’s a humanitarian cause. Over 1.5 million deaths, is humanitarian?
I don’t agree.

Back when many of the parents of 19 year olds were of recruiting age the Military was different than it is now. Back than the Military was many times an option to jail. They see the Military as a dumping ground and don’t want their children associated with it. Many are concerned about their kids safety.

The Military has changed alot, many don’t realize it.

Now days it is also more acceptable for a young adult to live and mooch of their parents. Parents and the “young adults” accept this. I am 42 now but when I was 18 or 19 I would have been embarrassed to still live at home, that is not the case anymore.

lie. 18 years old the parents can’t tell the children what to do anymore, maybe that’s why!