CONTEXT vs OUT OF CONTEXT SPIN
In the actual full context of his remarks he is refering to expanding current Corps programs established under Roosevelt, Kennedy, Reagan, Bush and
Clinton etc.
And by the way...there is no "required service" as some have chosen to BS on the issue here. He is offering money for college in exchange for public
service at home or in the military...the same program that gave us the "Greatest Generation".
In the full context nothing sinister
Context is important.
Actual Remarks....
We'll send more college graduates to teach and mentor our young people.
We'll call on Americans to join an Energy Corps to conduct renewable energy and environmental cleanup projects in their neighborhoods. We'll enlist
veterans to help other vets find jobs and support, and to be there for our military families. And we'll also grow our Foreign Service, open
consulates that have been shuttered, and double the size of the Peace Corps by 2011 to renew our diplomacy. We cannot continue to rely on our military
in order to achieve the national security objectives we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just
as strong, just as well-funded.
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Watch the youtube video of the speech here and start at the 15 minute mark and ask yourself what you think he was talking about.
www.youtube.com...
[edit on 14-11-2008 by maybereal11]
