Reply #19: I think you're on the topic, which is the willingness of young people to

[Ron Green]

participate in propaganda, knowing by their own direct experience that it's based on lies. When I was in the Army from '66 to '69, the draftees kept everybody honest with their healthy dissent throughout the ranks. That didn't mean they weren't good soldiers; some of the bravest and most dutiful troops I ever knew were "Unwilling Service" (bearers of "US" serial numbers) who represented a cross-section of American youth much more than does our modern hired force. Do I think these guys would have written pro-administration letters to editors? Not for a minute.