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67. Post hoc ergo prompter hoc

Reply to former9thward (Reply #31)

Mon Mar 9, 2015, 02:29 PM

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I missed the memo...why all the draft/conscription threads? [View all] HereSince1628 Mar 2015 OP

Trial balloons. perhaps? djean111 Mar 2015 #1

It's a topic that comes and goes, so many people find it interesting HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #15

Those of us who had skin in the game... 99Forever Mar 2015 #41

Back then, I lost two friends to kidney cancer - agent orange. My grandson is almost 20. djean111 Mar 2015 #44

People are already dying contrary to public opinion. 99Forever Mar 2015 #47

Best way to ensure we only go to war when we have to. JoePhilly Mar 2015 #2

The party that imposes the draft -- any draft former9thward Mar 2015 #6

Best way to keep them from being sent to dumb GOP wars. JoePhilly Mar 2015 #10

LBJ had no problem sending draftees to a dumb war. former9thward Mar 2015 #14

You could be exempted from that war. Get a deferment. JoePhilly Mar 2015 #22

Then why was anyone drafted? former9thward Mar 2015 #34

I do not care why they got deferments at any time in the past. JoePhilly Mar 2015 #56

Drafting young men/women keeps them from being sent to dumb wars? Huh. And all this time I thought uppityperson Mar 2015 #52

Having a draft available as a way to select people to go to a war ... JoePhilly Mar 2015 #57

Still wouldn't work. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #9

Fine with that. JoePhilly Mar 2015 #11

So it's a response to a perceived threat of war? HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #16

All wars. JoePhilly Mar 2015 #21

It's amazing to see that attitude expressed so casually in a country that literally denied me the Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #35

Pretty fucking amazing, isn't it? djean111 Mar 2015 #46

Yea, cause that's what I said. JoePhilly Mar 2015 #55

Are we still so blood thirsty that someone on the planet has yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #38

I'm for return of the draft LiberalElite Mar 2015 #54

Send him somewhere to do something. JoePhilly Mar 2015 #58

ok there are other things a person could do but LiberalElite Mar 2015 #59

No basic for him, he works at the VA, handling paperwork. JoePhilly Mar 2015 #60

Yes agreed - no more "I had other priorities" LiberalElite Mar 2015 #61

Some people are eager to send my kids off to die for the MIC. nt City Lights Mar 2015 #3

I have no idea. KMOD Mar 2015 #4

I think it's because the media has been reporting polls saying the American public... Spazito Mar 2015 #5

The American people supported the Vietnam War at the beginning. former9thward Mar 2015 #8

Are you sure about that? That's not how I remember it. Are your referring to the mythical Stardust Mar 2015 #18

If it was BS Nixon would not have been elected. former9thward Mar 2015 #31

His first election, he vowed to end the war. The second, remember Nixon's "dirty tricks?" Just Stardust Mar 2015 #63

Nixon won the last election in a landslide. former9thward Mar 2015 #65

Post hoc ergo prompter hoc LanternWaste Mar 2015 #67

The draft where those with money and connections could 'buy' their way out of... Spazito Mar 2015 #19

+ 1 JoePhilly Mar 2015 #23

So you would ban volunteers? former9thward Mar 2015 #32

Volunteers could still volunteer during the previous draft... Spazito Mar 2015 #39

OMG former9thward Mar 2015 #42

LOL, you do realize the difference re rotation and tours of duty, right? Spazito Mar 2015 #45

The military is big enough. former9thward Mar 2015 #48

LOL Spazito Mar 2015 #49

No that is not the point. former9thward Mar 2015 #50

Yes, yes it is exactly the point n/t Spazito Mar 2015 #51

I remember -early- on people were still in "stop the commies" mode HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #24

So fear of more Sandland wars maybe HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #17

Sandland wars? Spazito Mar 2015 #20

"Sandlandistan" is the way vets at the VA in Milwaukee refer to HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #25

Ahhh, thanks for the explanation... Spazito Mar 2015 #26

We call it the sandbox.... giftedgirl77 Mar 2015 #33

Why would "istan" be deemed racist? It's certainly redundant. Xithras Mar 2015 #64

I don't know, but in the past people complained when I used it. HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #66

Eh, not really. Xithras Mar 2015 #68

and so it comes back full circle... HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #69

Haven't they all been from one poster? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #7

Well, my thread on Selective Service John Poet Mar 2015 #12

People seem to want to invade Iraq again gwheezie Mar 2015 #13

Some days this board just seems like an open range for wedge issue trial baloons. Iggo Mar 2015 #27

I suppose there's that possibility, fracture lines run through and around us HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #28

You missed the scandal "du jour"!!! Hillary never registered for the draft!!!!!!!! Sarcastica Mar 2015 #29

It's in the rotation, along with Olive Garden, Smoking, Pit Bulls, Leashes For Children, MADem Mar 2015 #30

DON'T FORGET... yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #40

Ha ha ha! MADem Mar 2015 #43

Most people here are fine with a de facto economic draft. bluedigger Mar 2015 #36

It's way too easy to commit other peoples' kids to war. Paladin Mar 2015 #37

Because some think they can easily persuade congress to have a fair and equitable draft. uppityperson Mar 2015 #53

circumcision, olive garden, breast feeding, sports illustrated swimsuit issue, draft. nt. Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #62