Glob-a-log

Well, this is nice. The new US army recruitment figures for last year:

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, new records released yesterday showed.

The army gave out 511 moral waivers to soldiers with felony convictions last year. Criminals got 249 army waivers in 2006, a sign that the demand for US forces in Iraq has forced a sharp increase in the number of criminals allowed on the battlefield.

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.

Okay, all of this might not be such a bad thing. I mean, recruiting all these criminals may make America’s streets a little bit safer - and it will hardly make Iraq’s problems any worse.

Plus, it’s just what the US army is doing in Iraq anyway: recruiting local war lords and petty criminals to do some of the fighting for them. Ten dollars a day seems to be the going rate for the Iraqi ‘thugs for hire’ scheme.

American lowlifes will probably cost a little more but that’s the price you pay when you want to hire the best quality, made in the USA type of scum

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