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In reply to the discussion: Bring the Draft Back! [View all]Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)8. 50000 American dead an more than
1000000 Vietnamese dead would like to disagree, but they are dead from one of our longest wars.
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You're in favor of people being conscripted for other people's political views?
cemaphonic
Dec 2015
#34
The Talking Heads That Call For War (Mainly The Generals) Have A Conflict Of Interest Going Here....
global1
Dec 2015
#31
dont encourage them, there some dumb asses out there who thin this is a good idea
bowens43
Dec 2015
#33
That's what we are reduced to? Anyone who was ever drafted or ever subject to the draft knows
pampango
Dec 2015
#35
"if the right people were elected." Of course, if the "right" people were elected we would not need
pampango
Dec 2015
#39
And who trusts our MIC to administer a "fair and balanced" draft to respond to the threat of war?n/t
pampango
Dec 2015
#42
Claim away. I am not satisfied with a policy that requires 50,000 lives to stop a war. n/t
pampango
Dec 2015
#45
Fuck that. Put the parents' OWN skin in the game. You want a draft, great. Old people first.
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2015
#56
No, I think anyone who says "lets bring back the draft", they should be first in line.
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2015
#60
what you're missing is, your logic makes even MORE sense if we draft the people most likely to
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2015
#61
Absolutely. And to make it even better, start with people in their mid-late 60s, and work downward.
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2015
#55