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In an arrogant and punitive move the Pentagon has announced a “get tough” policy with colleges and universities who dare to “interfere” with the military recruiting students into their killing machine. The military wants the same access to students' private information as any other prospective employer enjoys, as if the military has the same legitimate hiring practices and fair employee contracts that any business is required to have. Those colleges and universities who do not comply are being threatened with a federal funding cut-off if they do not allow recruiters and ROTC full access to their campuses. Those students who wish to ‘opt out’ of the military scrutinizing personal information for recruiting reasons must also ‘opt out’ of all other legitimate prospective employers seeking the same information. The military is saying to students: you either become marketable to the U.S. Military or you are marketable to none. The fact is that military enlistment numbers are down and resistance numbers are up. As the military lashes out in retribution while youth, students, and others resist America’s killing machine, we can expect more and more of these punitive and arrogant attempts to control and silence the people, but we will not allow ourselves to be discouraged by this bullying, rather we know that this will encourage MORE courageous resistance across the U.S. .
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