Battleangel

An unwitting confession indeed and a blatant avoidance of the hard, cold facts of war and what the military is really about. Americablog reports that the U.S. military is now promising kids who join the ranks even broader career opportunities. Apparently it’s so much more than being America’s jackboot in the third world and getting maimed. New hip opportunities include working as a journalist, musician, or Hollywood liaison.

The site mentions “Hollywood liaisons” as a possible military career thirteen times.

Iraq, on the other hand, is only mentioned four times.

Osama, death and dismemberment don’t merit a mention at all.

Except for the obvious obfuscation, I sense that the military is about to sink its teeth further into U.S. society and that these hip choices indeed are foreboding.