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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:31 AM Original message |
I was subject to draft. Some observations: |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. but a draft with an endless war in Iraq |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. The junta has banned pictures of the return of the dead |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. non-volunteer army considered "soldiers" |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 10:08 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I completely agree - but we haven't addressed the failure of leadership |
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prodigal_green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 12:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. This is Charlie Rangels' argument. |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 04:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. TOP 5 MYTHS ABOUT THE DRAFT DEBUNKED! |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. fair enough... but let me posit an alternative... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. More likely a career in wholesale hardware. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Education, the alternative draft. I like this idea. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. social reformation through education has long been a core belief of mine |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 10:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. "Draft" them into college? |
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TaleWgnDg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. Ummm, if I were subjected to the draft then I'd get up and |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. Too bad 58,000 soldiers |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Yes, being sent back home in a box turned out not to be a great career |
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EdwardM (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
5. The military is not for me |
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inchhigh (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
7. Ask not..... |
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Codeblue (466 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. I plan on trying to join the Peace Corps |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
9. To make a draft fair |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 11:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. There ya go. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
10. You make some good points |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
13. Shrubbie was able to get out of the whole draft/guard thing |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
15. Look, we didn't get into Iraq because there was no draft. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
16. Thank You...I Lived With The Draft, Too |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Uh, there WERE 500,000 people on the National Mall demanding an end. Twice. |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
17. Not from me, you won't... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 11:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Yep. I agree. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
18. I was drafted and served from 1968-1970 at the time |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
19. I was drafted in 1968 after 5 years of college deferment and 1 year occupational. |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. And what if you wanted to be a PhD Biologist, or something other than pilot? |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
24. If there had been a draft on 9/11, we'd be in Iran and Syria now. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
26. If Rangel's point is to end the inequality in the military... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Exactly. No college deferments; that just lets the middle class at least |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
27. I know a guy who dropped out to join the service in similar circumstances |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. My dad was drafted in the fifties. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
29. Bully for you. |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
32. They tried to draft me during Nam |
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yella_dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
34. The draft was a fact of life when I came of age too. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
35. My husband was drafted |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
36. My response |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
38. I have been saying this forever.. A draft casts a wide net |
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Phrogman (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
40. If the government can force you into military conscription, than you do not live in a free country. |
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A Simple Game (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. You may not live in a free country if you have mandatory |
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Phrogman (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-21-06 12:28 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Than they're not free countries. |
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msedano (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-20-06 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
41. drafted in 1968 |
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