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Stop Loss and Propaganda?

Thu, 2005-07-21 02:17 — Arancaytar

Yesterday, I was stunned to receive a new email message alerting me someone had commented on my other blog. (This isn't because I usually go uncommented, but because most people use the Haloscan box rather than Blogger's own feature.) More surprising was the fact that it was on an older entry that had almost dropped off the page.

I read the comment, and saw it was commenting on a post outlining corrupt recruitment practices in the US (such as psychological pressure, deception, bribery and tips on cheating drug tests), as well as mentioning stop loss in passing. Now, the comment (by someone I'd never seen on my blog before) detailed certain reassuring information about stop-loss, saying it is not a backdoor draft in any way. First I thought to myself... "okay, here's someone who knows his facts and has some time to dish them out when he finds an inaccurate post". Good so far.

Then I looked at my visitor counter, which listed a hit from Technorati by someone searching for "stop loss" + military. Searching revealed several posts that this person (who goes by "RTO Trainer") had also commented on.

Someone has taken the time to look for posts about stop loss and comment on at least eight of them (listed below), tayloring individual responses for every one but always being bent on clearing the name of stop loss. Someone who is serving in the military currently.

What the hell?

I don't question the credentials. I question the motivation.

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