How many Americans are ready to be trained as warriors in the fight against terrorism? According to one Army recruiter, there are plenty of “keyboard warriors” on Facebook, but not enough warriors actually lining up to take action.
In a video that was published yesterday, Nov. 20, an Army recruiter appears to be heading into the back of his recruiting office in Springfield, Missouri. This is when he starts his observations by saying:
“Good morning Facebook, today is a fine morning. I’m actually really excited about today. I woke up, I look and get on Facebook, I get on my newsfeed, and I see all of this, you know, defend America, support France, we gotta defeat terrorism, and I just, I think to myself, ‘We’re gonna have so many people just walking in our office. A line out the door. And I am excited to see what Springfield, Missouri has to offer.’”
It’s at this point he opens the front door and looks around the parking lot. After seeing no line of warriors, he heads back in and says:
“Huh, a lot of keyboard warriors out there I guess. Thanks Facebook.”
Now social media has shown plenty of reactions from politicians and angry American citizens regarding the Paris attacks. Unfortunately for this recruiter, not enough people have been reacting by signing up.
In no way am I criticizing this recruiter. While I have seen many of the same types of comments that he is speaking of in this video, I cannot give an opinion from a military aspect. So I leave it to you – does he have a point?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9GghEf2AAw
