Thread: bring back the draft!

Originally Posted by surasak

And you'll get to do it knowing that you're keeping the oil flowing for Fat Frank to keep driving his SUV.

just a we hint tiny, the SUV is not the most evil thing in the world.

A civic is ok if you only have one kid and can actually fit into a car made for "little people".

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

A civic is ok if you only have one kid and can actually fit into a car made for "little people".

There's enough room in a Civic for people with kids.

Originally Posted by Milkman

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

A civic is ok if you only have one kid and can actually fit into a car made for "little people".

There's enough room in a Civic for people with kids.

But not enough room for the average American...

perhaps part of the reason the US is getting its ass kicked in iraq is because they are now signing up fat, 42 year old criminals of questionable intelligence to fill the uniforms.

putting aside the obvious egalitarian nature of a draft for minute, wouldn't it stand to reason that the army would be better off with fit, younger and better educated recruits?

and btw, the reason i support the draft is simple..... the instant rich white kids start getting letters from the draft board, bush's war is over.

Bush adviser: Draft worth considering - U.S. Security - MSNBC.com

Originally Posted by raycarey

the reason i support the draft is simple.....

No need for a draft as there's still a sizable pool of patriotic young folks who don't subscribe to the pacifist, islamo-appeasing line as do certain TEFLers we know, eh?

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

No need for a draft as there's still a sizable pool of patriotic young folks

really? where's this pool at? you might want to let the pentagon know...because in addition to enlisting fat, 42 year old criminals of questionable intelligence, the military is now reduced to offering $45,000 to con people into signing up.

james a baker (sec. of state during the GHWB admin, and also a member of the reagan administration) had this to say on reinstating the draft:

"This is a very unpopular thing that I am about to say," he warned. "But one thing that makes it harder to go to war is to have a draft, because when you have a draft, then everybody's got a stake in it, and the costs of war are brought home much more vividly and vigorously to the American people. I think national service is a wonderful idea." But unlikely, he conceded: "You get killed if you support a draft, politically, but it sure would raise the stakes. Everybody would understand a lot better what we have at stake when we go to war."

James Baker Backs Reinstating the Draft - Washington Whispers (usnews.com)

bring back the draft!

Originally Posted by raycarey

james a baker (sec. of state during the GHWB admin, and also a member of the reagan administration) had this to say on reinstating the draft:

"This is a very unpopular thing that I am about to say," he warned. "But one thing that makes it harder to go to war is to have a draft, because when you have a draft, then everybody's got a stake in it, and the costs of war are brought home much more vividly and vigorously to the American people. I think national service is a wonderful idea." But unlikely, he conceded: "You get killed if you support a draft, politically, but it sure would raise the stakes. Everybody would understand a lot better what we have at stake when we go to war."

James Baker Backs Reinstating the Draft - Washington Whispers (usnews.com)

bring back the draft!

Excellent idea there RA! Might be just what you need. Still stuck in that rut? Got writers block? Can't finish that thesis? Get a little quaity shower-time with the lads, eh?