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Reinstate the Draft?

steveaustin
I want some feedback on this one. Some real opinions. If we were to bring back the draft and placed thousands of youth, scared as hell, to go to Afgahnistan and kids start coming back in bags; would people wake up to the lie we have been told about "no more troops to Afgahnistan"? (He straight lied on his platform) We have men who have served 7 tours plus already. Some are not stable people. They need a break. Just an interesting theory that I came across. Please comment.
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  • steveaustin
    Agreed, I never thought that this topic would get some real attention. Another wonder that weighs on my brain is why, why are they trying to make soldiers pay for thier own medical insurance. Have we slipped this far down hill? Supply an addict with a clean needle at no cost to him but it comes out of my wallet. Sometimes punchin out car windows is healthy.

    side note: junk cars
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  • Highball
    Perhaps the reason is simple ?

    A soldier released back into society by a corrupt government COULD be a threat to that government.
    Unless, of course, those decent men are so busy trying to keep themselves and their families alive they really don't have any TIME to think about the problem realistically
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  • steveaustin
    maybe.
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  • rawhide54
    quote:Originally posted by Highball
    Perhaps the reason is simple ?

    A soldier released back into society by a corrupt government COULD be a threat to that government.
    Unless, of course, those decent men are so busy trying to keep themselves and their families alive they really don't have any TIME to think about the problem realistically


    I think many are thinking about the problem realistically while trying to keep house and home together. I think there are a lot of us just abiding by the old axiom "the nail that sticks up gets hammered down" and keeping a low profile for familiy's sake. Doesn't mean the fire isn't burning. If it weren't, AR's, AK's, and ammo wouldn't be selling so well. Remember, Janet Napolitano was quite open about seeing vets as a threat to the regime. If she spent a bit more time worrying about the Islamic radicals operating in this country her time might be better spent.
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  • victorxyz
    quote:Originally posted by Highball
    quote:try taking a walk in a soldiers shoes and then come back and say they aint keeping your a*^ free
    Really.

    Heard of gun control ?
    Eminent domain...where they take private land and give it to developers ?
    Patriot Act ?
    Know your Neighbor act ?
    National Health Care ?
    Cap and Trade ?
    Police road blocks.'papers please' ?

    Just a few off the top of my head.

    Sounds like they are not doing too good of a job.if they are protecting `my freedoms'.ehhh ?


    No..what they are doing is just exactly what we did in the old days...vietnam era.
    We obeyed the orders of our masters...and came home to less freedom. We quit...just when we SHOULD HAVE STARTED FIGHTING FOR FREEDOMS right here at home.
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  • NOTPARS
    For It496: 10 years or so ago, I would have disagreed with you. Now I am not so sure anymore. I am posting not to argue, but ask what your opinion concerning the evolution of my thought process. So that you understand where I am coming from, and hence my biases, let me say that I am a conservative (not a Republican) and my family is military and I am very pro-military. In order to teach government, I began to really get into the Constitution. When I started my studies, I believed in the draft. As I studied, I noted that the Founding Fathers created a federal not a national government. They typically opposed standing armies and were adamantly opposed to them in peace time. They limited the existence of an army to a call up of the militia chiefly to repel invasion although there were a few other reasons. Some of the Founders would have supported war for empire but would not have the troops and money to do so without state support. I cannot imagine the Founders countenancing war, and hence a draft for wars unless the U.S. was invaded or attacked. That made me question not only the Mexican-American War, but the Spanish American War, and especially W.W. I. In fact, one could question every war unless the U.S. was invaded and or faced immediate attack. Again, I am not stating that this is the correct position, I am weighing the arguments and coming to conclusions different than those I had before I studies the Constitution. Thanks for your response.
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