Recruiter threatens teen for not joining Army

I think this story is a sign that Bush's failed war has made it all the more difficult for the American military to get new recruits. Maybe this is why recruiters have begun resorting to threats.

A Houston teenager was threatened with arrest because he didn't join the Army. The high school student had thought about enlisting, but then he changed his mind and signed up for college instead. So the recruiter threatened to arrest him for desertion.

How can you be a deserter if you're not even in the military?

Threatening teenagers with arrest if they don't enlist in the military is really sort of a draft. This is like during the waning days of the Soviet Union when authorities used to sweep through bus stops and arrest any teenage male they could find on bogus draft evasion charges.

Turns out there was another incident like this in Houston 3 years ago - and the recruiter actually got promoted to station commander!

Maybe if the country wasn't embroiled in a pointless, failed war that was never popular to begin with, it wouldn't have as much trouble getting people to serve.

(Source: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Congressman_wants_hearings_into_Army_recruiting_0807.html)