[saymaListserv] added to recruitment

[Perry Treadwell]

The NY Times (Monday) is carrying a story of a 22 year old soldier who 
shot an Iraqi police officer while they were on patrol together then 
shot himself to cover up.  A paragraph is revealing: "Looking back, Mary 
Lee Berg said she never had an inkling that her son might want to become 
a soldier. But sat 17,  while he was still studying at Forest Park High 
School and wa busy with pole vaulting and the F.F.A.. Dustin asked her 
to sigh a waiver that would let him join the military before his 18th  
birthday.
Ms. Berg said not; a year later, he did not need her signature."
Previous message below.

For those of you still interested in the Iraq war as of yesterday 1786 
U.S. troops have died, 1234 by hostile action. 52.4 percent were under 
the age of 25. If you look at the marines, 71.4 percent were less than 
or equal to age 24. Is this the result of high school recruiting? Perry