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Convicted Felons Serving Our Country?

According to the Associated Press, "Under pressure to meet combat needs, the Army and Marine Corps brought in significantly more recruits with felony convictions last year than in 2006, including some with manslaughter and sex crime convictions. Data released by a congressional committee shows the number of soldiers admitted to the Army with felony records jumped from 249 in 2006 to 511 in 2007. And the number of Marines with felonies rose from 208 to 350."

I understand from reading the story, posted online on Monday, that the Military is in need of more soldiers, but how smart and safe is it to recruit people who aren't allowed to own guns in the U.S.?

According to the story, the government is even giving waivers to people who have made bomb and terrorist threats. How interesting is it that these same people are fighting in the war against terror.

This sort of recruitment seems to prove the point that the U.S. is often hypocritical. We don't allow things until we need things allowed for our own benefit.

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