A Stance Against U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps Recruitment

Although the law prevents schools from banning recruiters outright, schools have the right to keep their alumni informed, and these alumni have the right to take a stand against the “corrupt political process” as was performed at UCSC. There are different ways to approaching war other than the kind that produces deaths all around, death of the Iraqi people, deaths of the U.S soldiers, death of innocent civilians. There are non violent approaches, or the use of negotiations. However, these alternative tactics focus more on intellectual abilities rather than force and strength, and the best place to create these skills is through attending school. At school one can gain an education, maturity and experience that would then provide more options as to how to get involved and react to foreign affairs with words rather than violence. This in turn would prevent the unnecessary deaths of thousands.

UCSC has got it right. School is no place for U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps recruiters. If anything those recruiters should focus on recruiting people to go to school and acquire an education, in order to develop a solution as to how to deal with the harmful and widespread effects that the Iraqi war has produced instead of perpetuating the problem with more military force.

And the fact that Iraq soldier veterans are supporting the protesting at UCSC against U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps recruitment says something in itself.