11/24/2006   English German
  Edition # 64  
San Francisco, 11-24-2006

The Simpsons Mocking the US Army
Figure [1]: Two US Army recruiters are working hard in a shopping mall.

Michael Recently, I was watching the latest episode of "The Simpsons" as usual and couldn't believe my eyes: they were actually making fun of the US Army, which is currently having serious trouble recruiting new soldiers due to the dire situation in Iraq.

And that on the right-leaning government propaganda channel FOX, just imagine that! As seen in the movie "Outfoxed - Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism", FOX employees, under the leadership of the sinister media mogul Rupert Murdoch, use unscrupulous methods to present news in a certain light.

In Germany, the Bundeswehr also doesn't have a good reputation, but the American Army never encountered such a negative attitude until now. Until about half a year ago, solidarity with the fighting troops prevailed in America, but recently this has started to crumble.

The former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry recently claimed that those who are too dumb to learn cannot go to college and end up on the front lines in Iraq. This sparked protests from the Army in Iraq, and some US soldiers made a funny banner and sent it as a greeting back home.

And now, in the Simpsons TV series, lines like "Even the dumbest teens in the dumbest town in the dumbest state know better than to join the Army" are being said. This prompts your intrepid newsletter reporter to ask: Quo vadis, Ministry of Defense?

Whoever wants can view the excerpt from the Simpsons episode on alternet.org.

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