Army Restarts Recruitment Ads Over CNN Katrina Coverage

While New Orleans burns, and despite claims by George W. Bush, US President (Ret.), that the slow, incompetent, and racially and politically biased response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina was not due in any way to reduced availability of US Army and National Guard troops, many of whom are currently stationed in Iraq, the US Army has begun its latest wave of recruitment ads with blanket coverage of CNN.com.

The ads promote recruitment over Hurricane Katrina aftermath coverage, and are described by experts as misleading. The connection with hurricane coverage "strongly implies" the US will never send them into harm's way, say experts, when the reality is that most new troops will be sent into combat in Iraq or Afghanistan.