our "foot-soldiers"

[Judy Panetta]

Wasn't the unfortunate term for the military: "the employer of last resort?"
I understand this no longer the case, the military having been beat out by
MickeyD's. (Speaking of vile little hamburgers.)

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org]On
Behalf Of Dan Jizzenberry
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 4:04 PM
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: our "foot-soldiers"


"This is the old Lefy propaganda again. You u have the facts reversed
here."

Are you serious? Are you trying to say that the foot soldiers in Vietnam
weren't predominantly working class and/or black? Or that the U.S. military
(like the Canadian military, the British military, the French military, etc)
doesn't fill its infantry with the poorer segments of the population? That
at least 14,000 families in the U.S. military aren't currently living off
food stamps and welfare cheques?
"Lefy" propaganda, indeed.

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