"Dave" wrote in message
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On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 11:13:37 -0800, "Capt. JG"
said:

it is democratic, and as "free" as you can get, given
that there are things like a compulsary draft

Interesting comment. So a country without an all volunteer military is not
by your lights free.


I guess not. I don't know. Are we a free country? I think it's unclear what
constitutes free... lots of gradations. Is the current Russia a free
country? Is China? Compared to Syria, Israel is a free country. Compared to
Iceland?

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