From: "Rich Gauszka" 

I always thought ending the draft was a bad idea.  I feel that having a  no
deferment draft lottery would really make people think about any proposed
conflict. Right now it just appears too easy to go to war when most don't
have to worry about any consequence


"Mark"  wrote in message
news:44cacba2$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> That's true too, as one aspect anyway. Which is why so many Dems are
> pining for reinstating the draft, although their "ooh we're gonna have a
> draft" scare ploy prior to the '04 elections went over like a lead
> balloon.  most certainly looking with interest at Israel calling up 30K reservists
> and trying to figure how to scare people here with more success this
> time -- they'll fail if they do>
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:44caca0b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>
>> "Mark"  wrote in message
>> news:44cac981$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>
>>> "John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>>> news:keflc21vmstll8fhuub7nh5a0ohpq9bjlp{at}4ax.com...
>>>> On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 20:52:40 -0400, "Mark"
 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> IIRC, the anti-war protestors of the Vietnam era
didn't show up for a
>>>>>> single march and then spend the next few years
bragging about how
>>>>>> many
>>>>>> of marched and whining that they weren't listened to.
>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>them
>>>>>stayed on the mall permanently after the first protest>
>>>>
>>>> People protested for years, all over America.  Some of
them even blew
>>>> things up.
>>>
>>> Which goes to show you, despite the postulations 'round these parts,
>>> that
>>> people are not really, in any substantial numbers, against our taking
>>> out
>>> the islamo-fascists in the current conflicts. It's probably a function
>>> of
>>> both this being a required war on multiple fronts, and people knowing it
>>> is
>>> because of free flowing information, as opposed to those in the 60s
>>> eating
>>> up whatever old Uncle Walter (and his two cohorts on the other two
>>> networks)
>>> fed them.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> There was a draft back then. People are now semi-divorced from the
>> conflict
>>
>
>

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