Operation Yellow Elephant

These blogs are about people not going into the military and encouraging people to draft themselves so that people that have already been in the war to fight for our country do not have to continually be deployed. I would characterize the authors of this blog by saying they are hopeful and pushy and make valid points on why people should man up and enlist themselves. Reading these blogs really opened my eyes and made me realize that people should enlist so that other men and women can finally come back home and stay home, however there are many people that want no part in risking their lives. 

The first blog "Reward for Honorable Service: Being Sent Back to Iraq" is about a man wishing that other people would enlist into the army so that he would have less of a chance of being enlisted into the army for a second time. He fears that his pictures will be in his hometown paper and "it was his second deployment" stated in is obituary. The tone of this blog is somewhat and annoyed and sad because he wishes that he wouldnt have to go back into the army.

The second blog "Jenna Bush and Henry Hager: We Wish Them Well and Here's Why" is about Jenna Bush getting married to Hager and that he will soon be graduating from Business School and they will move to Baltimore and he will forego national leadership. The tone of this one is very positive and the person is happy for Bush and Hager"

The third blog "Stop-Loss Wont Stop Anytime Soon" is saying that more than 12,200 soldiers are under stop-loss orders, compared to over 8,500 in May 2007, during the surge. But the 30,000 combat troops that were part of the surge are in the process of coming home, and the Army is returning to 12 month deployments Aug 1. Because soldiers are placed under stop-loss as members of deploying units, reducing the numbers sent to war reduces the numbers involuntarily held. The tone of this one is optimistic. A good point made about this blog is that with so many college and young republicans eligible to serve, it is pathetic that these soldiers have to continue to go beyond their original commitment to Our Country. These soldiers have done their part, it is well past the time for the cheerleaders to get in the game. 

The fourth blog, "Quick! Before He Leaves Town!" is about a Senior at UConn who is the college republican president who will not soften himself by joining the Military. This blog suggests that since he is graduating soon to offer our encouragement to Be a Man! Enlist!

The fifth blog "John Bruhns: Support The Troops-Draft Yourself!" The message is to all the young, able-bodied, male cheerleaders advocating for victory in Iraq with no intention of ever wearing the uniform is this: support the troops- Draft Yourself!

The sixth blog is "Waivers for Recruits Increase" is repeating our call to those eligible-to-serve civilians, who support what our troops are trying to accomplish, to support them even more by becoming one of them.