Any of us who ever enlisted know recruiters lie. And most of us got over it fairly quickly-once you’re in uniform, nobody’s gonna listen to you whining anyway.

Be that as it may, we have been hearing for the last couple of years about case after case of absolute whoppers (and at least one kidnapping) that recruiters are now having to rely on as enticement tactics, as Chimpy’s War on Iraq drags on and Chimpy’s own lies become more and more widely known.

Whoppers by individual recruiters is one thing; the argument can be made (however implausible) that lies aren’t official recruiting policy. But when an ad like this is run, it is pretty clear that you can’t trust a damned thing that they say anymore. Chimpy’s stupidity has left the Army and Marine Corps so desperate that they’ve become total fabricators to try to get those bodies into uniforms. “Whatever it takes” should probably become the new slogan of the recruiting command. Whether or not they adopt it as their slogan,that’s clearly what they’ve been reduced to.

What next? Offers to hook up new recruits with Lindsay Lohan? Promises of Caribbean condo timeshares? Guaranteed seats in Congress post-service? Stay tuned-and watch the ads VERY carefully.

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The U.S. Army has quietly pulled a television recruitment ad that falsely claimed it could train recruits to become pharmacists, a spokesperson for the Army has confirmed to ABC News.

The Army took action following a complaint made by David Work, former president of The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, after he spotted the ad during the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.

Listing careers available in the Army, the 30-second spot included images of soldiers working in a pharmacy as a voice-over said, “They can be…pharmacists.”

Watch the False Army Ad

A pharmacy degree requires the completion of a six-year program at a school of pharmacy, which the Army does not offer.

“They knowingly, intentionally put a lie out there, only to get a teenager to sign up,” said Work. “Any teenager will find a six-figure job attractive.”

At best, Army recruits could train to become pharmacy specialists.

What’s the difference? About $80,000 in annual salary, according to Work.

Work notified CBS, the network broadcasting the tournament, about the commercial’s inaccuracy on March 21. The Army then removed the advertisement from CBS on March 24 and from all television stations by March 29.

The Army did not publicly comment on the ad until contacted by ABC News.

“It was an honest mistake,” Col. David Lee, head of the Army’s Strategic Outreach Directorate, told ABC News. “In my office, I don’t have expertise on each one of the 150 specialties offered by the Army. If somebody identifies a problem, then we correct it.”

Work, however, is unconvinced.

“Whoever put that text together knew exactly what they were doing,” Work told ABC News. “These people are in the word business. They thought they could get away with this and get a bunch of new recruits, too.”

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