You're looking at it from the wrong angle. He was discussing it from the point of recruiters lowering their standards to meet their recruiting goals. It's been an ongoing issue the last couple years.

They were just discussing on radio the scene from Michael Moore's 911 movie showing recruiters going into poor areas to do their recruiting.

>we are not talking about kids drafted from HS here, neither about dropouts.
>I am very aware recruiters and how they do their job.
>What is so repulsive to me is this guy is insinuating if you are a soldier in Iraq you are stupid.
>I guess he should know. Oh, wait, he was in Vietnam, that’s different
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>>hmph, what so repulsive? I suppose if they bring the draft back, that they won't be drafting the kids that stayed in school and went to college, they'll draft the dropouts just like they did before!
>>And in case you didnt notice this is a major threat to your kids right inside the walls of your public schools - it's called military recruiters!
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>>>This is truly repulsive. I am so glad I did not vote for this guy (not that I ever had the intentions)
>>>This is NOT Rush Libmbaugh that sometimes talks out of his behind this guy wanted/want to be the Commander in Chief.
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>>>http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2006/10/kerry_gives_fel.html