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Originally Posted by Seaver
Maybe he should read the contract before he signs it. It does not matter what the recruiter says, any 3 year old knows that verbal contracts are not contracts, because both sides can easily change their story on what was told.
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Would reading his contract have stopped his military recruiter from lying? No. That's a separate issue. Also, in many instances, verbal contracts are enforceable by law. The suggested contract between the recruiter and Enlistee Key included an offer, acceptance, and consideration, and is thus a valid verbal contract. The question is, was this a situation where the verbal contract could be enforced? A lot of that would, theoretically, boil down to a he said, she said type situation. I would suggest that anyone going to see a military recruiter write down his information and sign it. If nothing else, it'll keep them honest.
Key was lied to, and recruiters found to be misrepresenting the truth should be deported as traitors for tricking civilians into risking their lives by the use of misinformation. Had the recruiter not lied, it's entirely possible that Key might not be in this situation (and that situation is almost certainly going on elsewhere, where the recruiter tricks someone into enlisting).
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Originally Posted by Seaver
The Military MUST comply with every sentence of a signed contract. No where in his contract did it say he wouldn't be deployed. He signed it AFTER 9/11 where Bush had already said we would go where the terrorists are, to then claim he thought he wouldn't be deployed after signing up for an Army in a time of war smells like a dead whale on the beach.
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I've personally heard tall tails that would put that to shame from recruiters. My favorite is the 'free ride to West Point' assertion made by an Air Force recruiter my sophomore year. Idiot. Some of my friends have heard things like 'we'll buy you a house', 'we won't go to war', and 'it's perfectly safe'.
Neither the police nor recruiters should have quotas. It's just begging them to be dishonest in order to meet their goals.