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« on: January 15, 2015, 06:59:10 PM »


Why the  are my taxpayer dollars paying for this?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/15/1358006/-STOP-READ-LOOK-AT-SHOCKING-PHOTO-U-S-Army-Official-Recruitment-for-Mission-for-God
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« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2015, 07:05:14 PM »
Who cares?
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« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2015, 07:10:19 PM »
I remember having a nightly prayer in boot camp.  The U.S. military is a traditional thing.
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« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2015, 07:10:28 PM »
« Edited: January 15, 2015, 07:12:49 PM by Joe Republic »
This must be somewhere in the South.  Just like any corporation, you have to tailor your marketing to your regional market.


Edit:  *clicks on link*  Hmm, it was in Phoenix.  Well, you've got crazy right-wingers and superstitious Hispanics there, so it all works.
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« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2015, 07:15:07 PM »
Are they recruiting people for the Army or the Blues Brothers?
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« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2015, 07:16:16 PM »

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Oddly, while Arizona is very conservative in its political culture,  it's not really part of the Bible Belt. It's closer to the Mormon Belt, if anything.

EDIT: Saw your edit.
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« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2015, 07:20:19 PM »
"for god and country" is the official motto of the US Army Chaplains corps. Maybe they are recruiting more chaplains.
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« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2015, 07:38:09 PM »
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« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2015, 08:06:19 PM »
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tsbAba0qLHI
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« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2015, 08:12:38 PM »
Military religious culture (or religious military culture) is unnerving.
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« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2015, 09:22:21 PM »

How would you react if you saw, say, a military recruiting poster in Tehran calling on young Iranians to "Take up arms for Allah"?
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« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2015, 10:21:41 PM »
Quote from: Indy Texas on January 15, 2015, 09:22:21 PM

How would you react if you saw, say, a military recruiting poster in Tehran calling on young Iranians to "Take up arms for Allah"?

Given that the country is a theocracy....I would say its probably a good recruiting tool.
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« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2015, 10:39:26 PM »

I'm sick of paying for America's religious wars.
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« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2015, 03:33:00 PM »
You mean oil wars.
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« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2015, 03:40:42 PM »
The wars we've been in recently are definitely not "Missions for God." 
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« Reply #15 on: January 18, 2015, 05:32:13 PM »
America has always had a comfortable relationship with her government and religion. This is just nationalism at work here; and almost every country has some sort of relationship between God and their country. This is not unique or noteworthy. This is pretty common and laudable; in the sense God and cultural values are being used to a positive end; enlisting in the U.S. military in service of the country.
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« Reply #16 on: January 18, 2015, 05:39:51 PM »
It wouldn't be the first time US policy completely flies in the face of the Establishment Clause. "In God we trust", anyone?
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« Reply #17 on: January 18, 2015, 08:20:42 PM »
Turns out that the poster was something the local recruiting office cooked up using a stock photo.  It's been axed.

http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/2015/01/16/-phoenix-mikey-weinstein-recruiting/21873217/

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« Reply #18 on: January 18, 2015, 09:06:21 PM »
Quote from: Indy Texas on January 15, 2015, 09:22:21 PM

How would you react if you saw, say, a military recruiting poster in Tehran calling on young Iranians to "Take up arms for Allah"?

That's what one would expect in Iran. This is not Iran.
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« Reply #19 on: January 19, 2015, 12:36:10 AM »
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