Join the US army - see the world - and, uh, bunk with sex offenders and gangbangers
Thrills ahead, space
rangers...
The US army doubled its use of “moral waivers” for enlisted soldiers last year to cope with the demands of the Iraq war, allowing sex offenders, people convicted of making terrorist threats, and child abusers into the military…
The felons accepted into the army and marines included 87 soldiers convicted of assault or maiming, 130 convicted of non-cannabis-related drug offences, seven convicted of making terrorist threats, and two convicted of indecent behaviour with a child. Waivers were also granted to 500 burglars and thieves, 19 arsonists and nine sex offenders.
The new data were released by the oversight committee of the House of Representatives. Henry Waxman, the Democratic chairman of the oversight panel, said that while “providing opportunities to individuals who have served their sentences and rehabilitated themselves” is important, the waivers are a sign that the US military is stretched too thin…
More than one felony conviction disqualifies recruits from the army or marines, but the navy and air force can admit those with multiple offences.
Think we’d stop being “stretched too thin” if we didn’t invade countries under false pretenses?
Posted: Tue - April 22, 2008 at 12:38 PM