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grntuscarora

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43. Unenthusiastically, I agree with you.

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 02:32 PM

Dec 2015

When it's your loved one, you pay closer attention. When it's your loved one, you get up off your butt. When it's your loved one, you get involved.

Right now, it's kids from my neck of the woods-- rural, economically disadvantaged, with few opportunities-- that are joining, while their well off counterparts in other areas go off to college. It has never seemed right, or fair, or wise to me to have the bulk of the burden placed on such a limited segment of the population, a segment who really have too few choices to begin with.

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Bring the Draft Back! [View all] busterbrown Dec 2015 OP

No. Warren Stupidity Dec 2015 #1

Agree!!! busterbrown Dec 2015 #5

50000 American dead an more than Warren Stupidity Dec 2015 #8

Would have gone on indefinitely... busterbrown Dec 2015 #36

+1 JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2015 #6

the military turns down a large majority of applicants rollin74 Dec 2015 #2

Perhaps their parents.. busterbrown Dec 2015 #16

sorry, I can't support reinstating an unnecessary draft for the purpose of... rollin74 Dec 2015 #19

yes, yes, yes handmade34 Dec 2015 #3

Most here, who don’t agree.. busterbrown Dec 2015 #9

You're in favor of people being conscripted for other people's political views? cemaphonic Dec 2015 #34

No MohRokTah Dec 2015 #4

Do not bring back involuntary servitude. Orsino Dec 2015 #7

“Involuntary Servitude" busterbrown Dec 2015 #11

Congress will exempt its families/goodfellas. Orsino Dec 2015 #13

Don’t think that will quite happen.. busterbrown Dec 2015 #18

It happened before with less corrupt Congresses. Orsino Dec 2015 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author hughee99 Dec 2015 #63

Remember when twit douchbag Pierce Bush was urging young Americans valerief Dec 2015 #10

Great Reminder!! busterbrown Dec 2015 #12

Yes Funtatlaguy Dec 2015 #25

Beau Biden went FrodosPet Dec 2015 #51

How big a military are you willing to pay for? hack89 Dec 2015 #14

Well if people paid attention to MIC busterbrown Dec 2015 #21

If you have an Army, conscript or mercenary, Downwinder Dec 2015 #17

Why? we have enough volunteers as it stands. ileus Dec 2015 #20

Most are poor busterbrown Dec 2015 #26

And if there were a draft, the rich kids would have student deferments panader0 Dec 2015 #46

No and reduce the size of the military by 1/3. alarimer Dec 2015 #23

Bite yer tongue. With the draft, only the 99% serve. People shraby Dec 2015 #24

But perhaps the 99% would begin to listen... busterbrown Dec 2015 #29

It took a number of years and 58,000 dead kids to get the people in shraby Dec 2015 #52

"War is good business so give your son... Doc_Technical Dec 2015 #27

I thought the Draft was a November topic Renew Deal Dec 2015 #28

Now, now, now... EX500rider Dec 2015 #66

All the comments here focus on a military draft... DetlefK Dec 2015 #30

The Talking Heads That Call For War (Mainly The Generals) Have A Conflict Of Interest Going Here.... global1 Dec 2015 #31

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2015 #32

dont encourage them, there some dumb asses out there who thin this is a good idea bowens43 Dec 2015 #33

It is a good idea. busterbrown Dec 2015 #38

That's what we are reduced to? Anyone who was ever drafted or ever subject to the draft knows pampango Dec 2015 #35

I’ll simply state it again. busterbrown Dec 2015 #37

"if the right people were elected." Of course, if the "right" people were elected we would not need pampango Dec 2015 #39

there will always the threat of War. busterbrown Dec 2015 #40

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

And what I’ll continue to claim busterbrown Dec 2015 #44

Claim away. I am not satisfied with a policy that requires 50,000 lives to stop a war. n/t pampango Dec 2015 #45

unfortunately there are not many solutions from busterbrown Dec 2015 #50

When has that EVER happened? NYC Liberal Dec 2015 #54

Fuck that. Put the parents' OWN skin in the game. You want a draft, great. Old people first. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #56

The old already went through the draft, busterbrown Dec 2015 #58

No, I think anyone who says "lets bring back the draft", they should be first in line. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #60

Unless of course the 1% can get their kids nice, safe, stateside jobs, hughee99 Dec 2015 #65

Right... Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #41

Unenthusiastically, I agree with you. grntuscarora Dec 2015 #43

Right and what the people are missing who disagree w/me? busterbrown Dec 2015 #48

what you're missing is, your logic makes even MORE sense if we draft the people most likely to Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #61

I agree.... and add institute a war tax. n/t Hotler Dec 2015 #47

Forgot that one.. Lots of .. busterbrown Dec 2015 #49

No Democrats are publicly advocating for boots on the ground, right? pnwmom Dec 2015 #53

Absolutely. And to make it even better, start with people in their mid-late 60s, and work downward. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #55

No nt LostOne4Ever Dec 2015 #57

Anyone, but the ones in my life.. busterbrown Dec 2015 #59

Please NO...rich and powerful won't let their kids fight. cry baby Dec 2015 #62

Let me guess: You wouldn't be eligible? friendly_iconoclast Dec 2015 #64

Almost a guarantee cemaphonic Dec 2015 #67