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August 13, 2005
Ken Bode: Signs of Anti-war Sentiments Grow Harder to Ignore
Former Washington Week in Review host Ken Bode, who is also a former senior political analyst for CNN, , noted in an August 12, 2005, opinion piece at IndyStar.com that military "recruiters are spending this critical summer canvassing rodeos, fairs, X Games, NASCAR races and rock concerts."
The Pulliam professor of journalism at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, added: "The Army recruiting chief for the Chicago area is Sgt. Major Ozell Johnson. He recently told the Lehrer Newshour that young men and women are persuadable:
However, when they get home and tell Mom and Dad, 'Hey this is something I want to do,' then that's where the resistance starts."Of course it does," Mr. Bode wrote. "War reverses the natural order of things and forces parents to bury their children. See "Signs of anti-war sentiments grow harder to ignore" for more of his from-the-heartland analysis.
Posted by Munir Umrani at August 13, 2005 12:19 PM
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