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: Military, enlistment, bad judgment
Photo credit: Ted Rall / WhoWhatWhy
Cartoon

DOD — the Department of Desperate Teenagers Craving Stability

09/03/26

In an uncertain world, the sense of stability that the US military offers appeals to kids not yet old enough to do much else in life. And that’s the point.

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Why would the same government that doesn’t allow a 17-year-old kid to rent a car or order a beer at a bar allow them to enlist in the United States military and carry a gun into combat, where they can kill and be killed? Shockingly, there’s no contradiction at all.

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  • Ted Rall is an American columnist, syndicated editorial cartoonist, and author. His most recent book is "The Stringer," a graphic novel in which journalism meets "Breaking Bad."

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