What democrat made this statement in the 1970s?

Question

"I am convinced a volunteer army would be an army of the poor and the black and the brown,"

You guessed it! The same one that called the troops stupid idiots just a few days ago! Of course it wasn't a joke. Kerry was stating the obvious in his mind. He hates the military along with most of the liberal democrat party.

Answer 1

John Kerry's service in the military was used as a stepping stone for his own political gain. He wasn't that good of a collegian and had to make brownie points by serving in the military to have something positive. then he had to marry two rich women and make terrible statements to congress about VietNam vets to advance his name in the local and national scene to be noticed and secure

Answer 2

Recruitment programs have long used advanced education and field training as the carrot to dangle in front of young men and women in attempt to get them to sign up. "be all you can" type ads are run continuously even now when many that would sign up understand that they could be deployed after initial training. The aviation guarantee was a program that attracted many young folks throughout the sixty’s and seventy’s.

I like the commercial where the kid tells his father he has found a way to get the education he desires, the father say's what kind of training is it? The son says the ARMY, the father just struck gold because he won't have to foot the college tuition.

There was a time when judges would give young offenders a choice "jail or the service"

Many of the Vietnam era soldiers were from underclass family’s and had minimal education, that's just the way it was, many of the young men and women of this era simply did not have the desire or the funds to continue into a college education and felt it was optional at the time.

Today most young folks have at least a high school education and perhaps a year or two of community college however, many were drawn to the reserves for opportunities of continued education and benefits that the job market in civilian life was not offering. Many of the older reservists were working towards a pension in addition to their civilian job retirement plans. These folks were probably well educated and had achieved officer status.

That is the current make up of the forces deployed at this time.

I think that if you look at the grunt infantry soldiers what you say is not that far off base even in this day and age. They are still honorable and brave Soldiers one and all.

I feel Kerrys comments were directed at the politicians. He is a veteran from the Veitnam war and has seen what I describe above.

Answer 3

That's probably the politest comment he's ever made about the military .
Obviously , he wanted the draft, not a volunteer force .
In the 70's ,I had to try and train , what congress made us take .
Many a draftee was fine , it's the others that still bother me .
They were warm and breathing and some could write their name, but likely to survive in combat , no .
They were nothing but cannon fodder .

Answer 4

I love the liberals who are trying to spin this quote around or blow it off. They are the same ones who are going after George Allen for allegedly saying the "n" word in the 1960's (even though he never said it in public and only one person claims he even said it).

Answer 5

John Kerry has tried to undermine our military for over 30 years. Why would we expect anything else from him?

Answer 6

7. “So many minority youths had volunteered for the well-paying military positions to escape poverty and the ghetto that there was literally no room for patriotic folks like himself.” – Houston Chronicle, repeating DeLay’s rationale for not serving in Vietnam.

SOUNDS LIKE TOM DELAY'S QUOTE - TRY AGAIN

Answer 7

Another pea brian heard from.

Answer 8

You can't even quote him correctly so why should we listen to your interpretation, of your misquote.