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...rating. An unscientific but arresting survey last week in Stars and Stripes, the Pentagon-subsidized but editorially independent military newspaper, reported that half the troops serving in Iraq believe their unit's morale is low. A third said their mission lacked clarity; half said they were unlikely to re-enlist. Perceptions like those undermine military authority and help sour the U.S. public on the mission...
...lead the way to a brighter future. Enlist in the cause of protecting the environment. Join my campaign for a clean, green America. Your courage to do what’s right can change the world and save it for the young people of tomorrow. I ask for your support in that commitment and that cause...
Edwards also stressed knowledgeable advising as a vital piece of encouraging students to take time overseas. This year, the OIP will try to enlist those students who have studied abroad to act as peer counselors those considering their options...
Even with the secret police watching, there are always recruiters circling around the madrasahs. An Islamist militant told TIME that teenage volunteers who want to enlist these days in the Taliban are taken first in small groups to Pakistan's lawless tribal lands, where they are given a scant few weeks of weapons training and are assigned to hit U.S. targets inside Afghanistan. Because they are so inexperienced, martyrdom is only a few weeks away; these youngsters are usually the first to be killed...
...Make no mistake about this issue. To win the war against terrorism, what the U.S. needs urgently is not to enlist more soldiers but a lot more friends. Friends are something quite different from occasional allies. The Soviet Union was a U.S. ally during WWII, but nobody would call the Soviets America's friends. What is really stretched too thin is the amount of sympathy that the current administration is enjoying worldwide. It's amazing to realize how the Bush team dissipated the fantastic support and sympathy that American people received immediately after 9/11. It's time to think about...