"HarryKrause" wrote in message
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Genius? Not! wrote:
"HarryKrause" wrote in message
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It's a bill that calls for mandatory military *training* and
*education* for all males aged 18-22. There is no provision in the
bill to transfer a trainee to active duty and ship him over
seas...although there is a provision to complete the training in a
"national service program".

It's hardly a "draft".

http://tinyurl.com/c4x3f

It should be defeated on its face. Mandatory "military" training indeed,
and only for males? B.S.

We need a draft.


Harry,
Why do we need a draft?


TO end the war against Iraq and to chill any further attempts by Bush for
military aggression.

The kind of draft I have in mind would require the registration without
except of EVERY citizen between the ages of 18 and 30, and a lottery would
be held among the registrants to fulfill military requirements.
NO exemptions except for serious physical or emotional-mental
disabilities. No special status for college students. No deferments for
any reason.

That will, the sons and daughters of wealthy Republicans will be drafted,
along with the sons and daughters of the poor. The rich will not want
their children fighting in a war of aggression, and will not allow Bush to
start any more wars not provably crucial to our national survival.

An all-encompassing draft is the great equalizer, in that it allows the
sons and daughters of the rich to come home in body bags, too. That tends
to put a chill on military expansionism for political purposes.

That's what I thought that statement was about. I'm a latecomer to these
discussions and have to do some guessing about what's been said before my
attention was piqued. By the way, I know it's off topic, but this thread
was interesting to follow from the start. There's more to you guys than
just boats; pretty cool.

I'll admit right up front that I don't want my son drafted or trained or
educated for anyone for any reason other than our country has been invaded
by a foreign army; in which case I'll take up arms with all my fellow
countrymen including my children. I'm kind of partial to keeping my son
alive.