it is in the interests of the Bush administration, to maintain a poor segment of the population, as cannon fodder for the military. Its no accident that recruiters tend to go into slummy areas and pay all sorts of fees to sign up recruits.
It worth taking a look at the video game and movie industry as another part of the recruiting machine. The documentary Frontline, looked at movie industry connections and the military. There is actually a dept. in the military that vets movies and offers all sorts of deals and real explosives instead of special effects - as long as the movies fits within their message. Ie. A positive portrayal of the military and a recruitment tool. For instance Dr. Strangelove certainly didnt fit the bill but various films such as Pearl Harbor did.

in one film the military reviewer objected to a scene in which a US soldier in WWII removed gold fillings from a dead Japanese soldier, saying this would be unaceptable and is disrespectful etc. when in fact there is documentary footage of just such an incident.