War Is Betrayal Analysis

War is Betrayal points out several reasons why people enter the military, as well as them realizing all the reasons they wanted to go to war diminished when they experienced the brunt of war. Going to war is not a choice you should make without some background info, and that is what recruiters are there for right? False, recruiters do not help you choose whether or not the military is a good suit for you. Recruiters have a job which requires a quota. They are the salesmen of the military. These men and women are here to guide and persuade you into their branch of the military. What do the recruiters tell you? They come to announce a promising future and honorable lifestyle if you join in the fight, but forget to tell you the side effects of …show more content…
They keep you thinking on how people will view you if you come home from war and the fun times you could have exploring the world, or even the opportunities the military could open up for you. If recruiters are behind in their quota watch what they do or say to you to get you to enter their branch. They will even help you get away with several pieces necessary to even get into the military. In William Ayers article Hearts and Minds: Military Recruitment And the High School Battlefield she points out the extent recruiters would go to, “in one highly publicize case, a recruiter was heard on a tape coaching a high school kid about how to fake a mandatory drug test” (Ayers). They do not hold back. Military recruiters have jobs just like nosey door to door sales men, and they create many false accusations to keep getting …show more content…
Each person I talked to had a different way of talking about war, but recruiters are the only ones who put and exciting and flashes look at war making you think if they have ever actually seen the inside of a warzone. The best responses I have gotten from military personnel on the reality of war was from the higher ranks. In one week I sat on the phone with the baseball coach at the Air Force Academy for three hours discussing the risks and factors if I actually went to that school. He told me that he will tell me both the good and bad side of battle because the Academy wants kids who can with stand war not drop out. In comparison to what he told me then to the military recruits showing up to my door war see to be two faced or schizophrenic with two personalities. Military recruit told me I would go and travel the world exploring and meeting new people while the coach told me about the mental stability I would need to with stand war zones and what actually goes on of their. The recruits said not everybody is not military material, but tried to compare me to military personnel and telling me I was, and the coach told me what it takes to actually be a soldier in emotional, physical, and mental strength. Not much of what the two said matched up, if it did the recruiter somehow put pizazz on to his