tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858236.post6196329439122247381..comments2023-10-18T08:06:34.167-05:00Comments on Fausti's Book Quest: FeedJoanneMarie Fausthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16751278640738482830noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858236.post-2870331926130186402013-12-19T12:23:44.909-05:002013-12-19T12:23:44.909-05:00I was just thinking that this morning, Judy. I was...I was just thinking that this morning, Judy. I was watching the news and they were showing soldiers coming home for the holidays and every single face was very young and non-white. When it gives an impoverished kid the opportunity to succeed in ways they might not be afforded otherwise, it seems like a great idea. Unfortunately, too often it's just an easy way to sacrifice the socioeconomically disadvantaged to the war machine.JoanneMarie Fausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16751278640738482830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858236.post-13571751085308098742013-12-19T12:19:07.361-05:002013-12-19T12:19:07.361-05:00Great review! I forgot how ahead of its time this ...Great review! I forgot how ahead of its time this book was. As for first and second world countries not using their children for armies, I don't think we are that far away. As it is, a large majority of our soldiers right now are 17 or 18 at the most and they come from the most impoverished areas. Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.com