An Army Of One

[ls317]

http://www.oregonlive.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news/1146882329307730.xml&coll=7

Jared Guinther is 18. Tall and lanky, he will graduate from Marshall High School in June. Girls think he's cute, until they try to talk to him and he stammers or just stands there -- silent.

Diagnosed with autism at age 3, Jared is polite but won't talk to people unless they address him first. It's hard for him to make friends. He lives in his own private world.

Jared didn't know there was a war raging in Iraq until his parents told him last fall -- shortly after a military recruiter stopped him outside a Southeast Portland strip mall and complimented him on his black Converse All Stars.

"When Jared first started talking about joining the Army, I thought, 'Well, that isn't going to happen,' " said Paul Guinther, Jared's father. "I told my wife not to worry about it. They're not going to take anybody in the service who's autistic."

[MissB]

1. This was on the front page of the Oregonian on Sunday

and today the Army released Jared from his obligations. They have launched an investigation into the recruiter.

[ls317]

2. Court Marshal

Bottom Line!

[Richard Steele]

5. Coverup, bottom line. This is just SOP in B*sh's Amerika.

Have you read the stuff some of these recruiters
are admitting to?

This kids case is pretty mild compared to the stuff they do every day.

Have you seen this? :http://www.vanityfair.com/commentary/content/printables/051031roco02?print=true
If not, it's well worth the time it takes to read it.

[Selatius]

3. They're desperate for warm bodies to fill empty slots

The war drove away a lot of people and killed and wounded a bunch.

[0007]

4. Good article. What a dirty bastard. What does the recruiter

get for signing one up?

[ls317]

6. I am sorry they need to lock his sorry ass up

[TahitiNut]

7. Yesterday's discussion of this same story and article ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1132565

[Ian David]

8. So? He's autistic... big deal...

it's not like he's gay!

:sarcasm: