800,000 Privileged Youths Enlist To Fight In Iraq

[Ouabache]

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/privileged_youths_enlist_to_fight_in_iraq

"I don't know if it was the safety and comfort of the holidays or what, but I realized that my affluence and ease of living comes at a cost," said Private Jonathan Grace, 18, who was to commence studies at Dartmouth College next fall...

"They don't have these recruitment centers where I live," said Daniel Feldman, 26, who resides in the affluent neighborhood of Brookline, MA and recently passed his bar exam. "I didn't realize you could just sign up, but now that I do, all of my friends from law school, yoga class, and temple are going to join, too. And not the Reserves either. We're talking down and dirty, right on the front lines."...

Drill sergeants at boot camps in South Carolina and San Diego, though at first skeptical of the recent crop of potential Marines, said they have been impressed by their work ethic, claiming the wealthy youngsters' desire to "do their part" is undeniable....

U.S. Gen. John Abizaid, who has in the past argued against a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, now says that with the influx of nearly a million troops expected to be on the ground Feb. 1, the region should be stabilized within six weeks.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/privileged_youths_enlist_to_fight_in_iraq

[Courtesy Flush]

1. An army of lawyers.... scary!

[baldguy]

2. Had to be The Onion.

Not gonna see that hedline in the WSJ or the Wash Times.