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pinboy3niner

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7. You got it

Reply to newfie11 (Reply #5)

Mon Jul 9, 2012, 08:14 AM

Jul 2012

It may even be that the toll of multiple deployments on "the force," as top military brass have been speaking out about, is a more effective deterrent to war than some think a draft would be. The Pentagon is reeling now from what they have been tasked to do for so long.

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McChrystal: Time To Bring Back The Draft [View all] pinboy3niner Jul 2012 OP

I am not a vet JustAnotherGen Jul 2012 #1

I hear you, sister pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #2

Oh my! JustAnotherGen Jul 2012 #11

There is not much I could add to the discussion. You are speaking for me. Downwinder Jul 2012 #3

We wouldn't have had a single war since Vietnam if there'd been a lottery draft. Furthermore,... TrollBuster9090 Jul 2012 #4

You're both right and wrong pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #6

the war machine would love this newfie11 Jul 2012 #5

You got it pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #7

Rock and a hard place malthaussen Jul 2012 #8

In that long thread I found a handful or two of thoughtful posts HereSince1628 Jul 2012 #9

Hang in there a while, newbie pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #10

Nugs. HereSince1628 Jul 2012 #12

It's a fairly good discussion, but I don't think the draft will come back anytime soon. Major Hogwash Jul 2012 #13