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How old are you? Do you remember Viet Nam? Do you up front shraby Mar 2012 #1
Yes, the draft 'gives them more warm bodies'.... daleanime Mar 2012 #6
I am certainly old enough to know about Vietnam. Do you know anything about WWI or II? I as others EV_Ares Mar 2012 #7
I remember to some degree WWII. My father went and shraby Mar 2012 #9
If you had a draft and, if it stipulated arthritisR_US Mar 2012 #14
+111 newfie11 Mar 2012 #16
Shraby, that is true also. However, in the other wars, the entire country sacrificied and with EV_Ares Mar 2012 #20
In the 21st century, wars should be events of the past. shraby Mar 2012 #27
You say: EV_Ares Mar 2012 #29
Does "shared sacrifice" make war Right? Nothing makes war shraby Mar 2012 #28
No, shared sacrifice does not make any war right. Absolutely not. However, what shared EV_Ares Mar 2012 #30
+1000..... arthritisR_US Mar 2012 #11
As I remember it Johnson threw in the towel in spring 1968 before there were 58K dead and missing. HereSince1628 Mar 2012 #17
Well said.(eom) Owlet Mar 2012 #26
but not everyone got drafted. ellenfl Mar 2012 #22
You are right. I don't know how many of our senators or congressmen, congresswomen served in the EV_Ares Mar 2012 #23
I agree it was the draft that made the war personal bahrbearian Mar 2012 #2
You're Fighting The Last War... KharmaTrain Mar 2012 #3
Now,the media ie,republicons are rewriting history butterfly77 Mar 2012 #4
I think there are too few people bearing the brunt of our latest foreign policy forays gratuitous Mar 2012 #5
Absolutely, the logic alone makes what you say true. EV_Ares Mar 2012 #8
I beg to differ on the number of protest marches over both wars lunatica Mar 2012 #10
Economic Draft TheMastersNemesis Mar 2012 #12
Your point about the draft and the media is good but I was astonished at the number. grantcart Mar 2012 #13
Never Advocate a Draft LeFleur1 Mar 2012 #15
I support a Draft excuse not to write Mar 2012 #18
War is a sucker's game. earthside Mar 2012 #19
There were many, many protests involving hundreds of thousands of people across the country Arugula Latte Mar 2012 #21
An all-volunteer force worked fine under Clinton and works under Obama gulliver Mar 2012 #24
Don't let anyone tell you that nixon ended the VietNam war madokie Mar 2012 #25
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