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2004-04-24 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Super Hose 2004-04-24 3:34:49 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 im hear they only going to draft needie homeless democrats sounds just like a repuglicans

Posted by HalfEmpty 2004-04-24 10:07:28 AM|| 2004-04-24 10:07:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, one thing occurs to me... the same person doing the same job, once he takes off his military uniform and puts on a civilian one, is a) no longer under militiary discipline, and b) may be liable, as many of the current civilians are, to have to go to work without any means of self-defense. (Most civilian contractors in Iraq can't carry weapons of their own). OTOH, I think the whole "we need a draft" situation is bogus: you can read my thoughts here.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2004-04-24 11:13:16 AM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2004-04-24 11:13:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 the draft idea belongs to longtime Dem idiot, Charlie Rangel, and is strictly a vehicle to damage, not help, our ability to project military power

Posted by Frank G 2004-04-24 11:29:15 AM|| 2004-04-24 11:29:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 The DRAFT is a phony issue. Implementation of the draft will not add one single soldier to the force. The size of our military is authorized by Congress. IF we need more troops, all Congress has to do is authorize and fund more troops. There are more than enough qualified volunteers to fill any force structure that Congress might authorize short of a WWII size mobilization.

This talk about the draft is self-indulgence by aging baby boomers trying to recall the battles of their youth. They were young morons then and they're old morons now.

Posted by RWV 2004-04-24 11:34:21 AM|| 2004-04-24 11:34:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 "This talk about the draft is self-indulgence by aging baby boomers trying to recall the battles of their youth."

Indeed. When you look back at force levels since the draft ended in 1972, it's clear that the size of the U.S. Army could easily be doubled without any draft: from 1973 until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the number of Army active duty personnel was constant at just under 800,000.

"They were young morons then and they're old morons now."

Yeah. And in the process of moving from young moronhood to old moronhood, they fathered a whole new generation of morons, who now populate Indymedia and DU.

Sterilize 'em all.

Posted by Dave D. 2004-04-24 12:53:15 PM|| 2004-04-24 12:53:15 PM|| Front Page Top

They were young morons then and they're old morons now

That sums it up perfectly, RWV.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-04-24 6:38:36 PM|| 2004-04-24 6:38:36 PM|| Front Page Top

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