I guess that comment lies at the heart of things, Art. The recruiters were only doing their job, weren't they?

we have rules of war and international standards - the greatest rule is not to invade another country.

Because of that, and because no WMDs were found, recruiters these days are being challenged everywhere, by parents who want their kids to have a life, literally. some recruiters are even being threatened with violence by kid's parents. this article in the New York Times lists a lot of irregular practises by recruiters. They include:

National Guard recruiters in schools teaching students how to throw hand grenades, using baseballs as stand-ins
promising students jobs as musicians
offering incentive packages and flashy equipment
going into schools, into the library, in the lunchrooms contacting the most vulnerable students and recruiting them to go to war.
holding gym classes, handing out free T-shirts and key chains, dou8ghnuts, telling kids the classes were mandatory

Where schools vote to ban military recruiters from the school and its 1,600 students, they can not sign on to the idea without losing at least $15 million in federal education funds.

As one parent said, "The point is not whether I support the troops. It's about whether a well-organized propaganda machine should be targeted at children and enforced by the schools."

Looking at it in context, if those recruiters are so keen on the war, why aren't they there fighting it?