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Extremely Reliable Professional Advises Draft Reinstatement (Original Post) lame54 Mar 30 OP
I was surprised to hear Thom Hartmann calling for a draft. Frasier Balzov Mar 30 #1
DRAFT ICE. Send those bravest, fiercest warriors to IRAN, every last one of them. (I won't be outdone by cracked.com) usonian Mar 30 #2

Frasier Balzov

(5,066 posts)
1. I was surprised to hear Thom Hartmann calling for a draft.
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 02:43 PM
Mar 30

He thinks it's fairer if the children of the wealthy can be compelled to serve in the military, and as a partial remedy for enlistment driven purely to escape poverty.

He also thinks it would reduce the impulse of the wealthy to guide the nation into war in the first place, in order to protect and enhance their own wealth.

(I believe I am accurately stating Thom's reasons.)

usonian

(25,497 posts)
2. DRAFT ICE. Send those bravest, fiercest warriors to IRAN, every last one of them. (I won't be outdone by cracked.com)
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 02:54 PM
Mar 30
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=21113536

Make Iran safe for Gillette Safety Razors!
SPECIAL IRANIAN MODEL





• They are already "trained" (in random violence against civilians. Checks one box)

• Bonespur "victims" have already been weeded out.

• They are already government employees and must go where assigned. (saves TONS of paperwork)

• They already have weapons, and unspent budget money.
• They already have swell masks to protect from radioactive dust that bombing reactors creates.
• and (this is big)
• Their kill to loss ratio is infinite.

Danes agree!


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