Some thoughts about military recruiting IMAGE: A military aircraft merged with a skull and corroded metal. Kris: If people thought carefully about the human costs involved, would anyone join the military? Sam: (puffing on a hand-rolled cigarette) People can be easily brain-washed into joining anything. Ted: Yeah. Generally speaking, most do not even know that they are brainwashed. Tim: Well, most people don't what is happening around the world: their minds are cluttered. Terri: (sipping a glass of wine, then coughing) . . . Don't expect too much from humans. Remember, genetically we are very similar to apes. ================================================================================= from _AmeriSong: Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Amerika_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: Some thoughts about military propaganda and a image of a warship. KEYWORDS: military conscription, war propaganda, brain-washing, hindsight realizations, military recruiting Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 2018 in Yokohama, Japan / Finished: 2024 in Shizuoka, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/AmeriSong/wait.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/AmeriSong/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/AmeriSong/hov.htm TRANSLATIONS Chinese https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/junshi.htm French https://www.tnewfields.info/fr/att2.htm German https://www.tnewfields.info/de/aufwart2.htm Japanese https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/machi2.htm Spanish https://www.tnewfields.info/es/esperar2.htm