From: "Rich Gauszka" 

I was just stating my views on the draft. I'm sure some just want it
reinstated for political purposes. I have more of a Heinlein ( starship
troopers ) viewpoint on service in that citizenship and it's subsequent
rights should be predicated on service ( not necessarily military )

Sorry Mark - Many who grasp the severity of the current conflict are also
quite worried that this administration has no clue on what to do. Iraq is a
mess. Rumsfeld is still debating the civil war question with himself. The
current Israel/Lebanon conflict appears to be swelling the ranks of
Hezbollah and Bush is under some delusion that 'democracy' there will make
everything right.


"Mark"  wrote in message
news:44cad988$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Eh, I disagree. My take on the efforts of the Dems to get a draft
> reinstated is fairly dark. I'm quite sure their underlying motives are to
> undermine any military action any where at any time by reinvigorating and
> motivating those of a sheep-like protester mind-set who don't have any
> regard for reality on the ground.
>
> I feel that they, the Dems, don't grasp the severity of the current
> conflict(s) and that if they are successful in their efforts to stop us
> from taking action as necessary, that those efforts would be extremely
> dangerous to the very existence of our nation.  absolutely sure of it>
>
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:44cad197$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>>>of
>>>>>>>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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