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2010-02-09 Afghanistan

Karzai Mulling a Return to a Conscript Army

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Posted by Fred 2010-02-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
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#1 Slavery for the Army is even more immoral than slavery for a less dangerous job.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2010-02-09 07:23|| 2010-02-09 07:23|| Front Page Top

#2 It's the Soviet model.

Posted by phil_b 2010-02-09 10:15|| 2010-02-09 10:15|| Front Page Top

#3 It's one way to present to most of the male population the ideas that "shoes is good", and "always wash your hands with soap before and after", and even, "there's your way, and his way, and the Army way". And if everyone has to learn enough reading and writing to send a letter home every week...

The question is whether he wants a conscript army or would like to engage in a bit of undercover social engineering while the volunteer professionals do the real soldiering. Remember too, President Obama is publicly committed to sending the troops home by a date certain, and the Europeans are unhappy about committing much in the way of troops at all, so Afghanistan is going to at least have to look like it can take care of itself in an unreasonably short period of time. The volunteer army won't be ready by then, however hard their trainers, and the professors at East Point, push.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-02-09 12:07|| 2010-02-09 12:07|| Front Page Top

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