Because I am a terrible spoil-sport, that's why

[james_davis_nicoll]

The US is _not_ signing 14 year olds up for military service.

Like the Dan Quayle comment about wishing he'd known Latin when he visited Latin America, it never happened: Quayle never said that (Claudine Schneider attributed it to him as a joke) and the US insists on a minimum age of, I believe, 16 (After all, it's handy if they can legally drive) and the US military has yet to exploit the young adult market. The hoax just sounds plausible, given the people involved.

Mind you, now that the idea is out there, maybe the Republicans will adopt it.

Comments

Re: DOONESBURY

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

I've been waiting for that to happen myself. My bet is that B.D. gives her the talk you described, and she signs up. With B.D. out of Iraq, Trudeau is going to need to slip another character in to get an Army level view of what's happening.

Re: DOONESBURY

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

There's always the Redfern kid, now that his career in the CIA is over (It's over, isn't it?). BD's kid is still a little too young. Or Zonker's nephew, whatshisname.

How old is BD, anyway? I know Trudeau de-aged people a little in the Sabbatical but aren't the original cohort all at least 50?