Puerto Rico Thwarts Recruiters

[stilltrucking]

Recruiting For Iraq War Undercut in Puerto Rico

By Paul Lewis
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 18, 2007; Page A01

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The political activists, brown envelopes tucked under their arms, staked out the high school gates just after sunrise. When students emerged from the graffiti-scorched streets of the Rio Piedra neighborhood here and began streaming toward their school, the pro-independence advocates ripped open the envelopes and began handing the teens fliers emblazoned with the slogan: "Our youth should not go to war."

At the bottom of the leaflet was a tear sheet that students could sign and later hand to teachers, to request that students' personal contact information not be released to the U.S. Defense Department or to anyone involved in military recruiting.

[jimboloco]

otherwise they could wind up as mercenaries for uncle sam

[e_dog]

Free Puerto Rico! LIBERTAD!

Puerto Rico's been occupied even longer'n Palestine. Free free Puerto Rico, and Hawaii, too!!

Uncle Sam go home. To yer pig sty.

[jimboloco]

know a lot of puuerto ricans also boriguans
tyhey seem like real people to me
i think we are hangin on to puerto rico because we want a capitalist bastioin in the carribean and don't want anything independent

a lot of boriguans like it here in america
the people in santo doming fly there to go shopping\
the dominicans i know like bush, are republicans, yet they don't volunteer to join the military
puerto rico is a rich port for military recruits
glad somebody wants to say no to imperialist militarism

[e_dog]

Whjat's Boriguan, mean?